Maisie (Onata Aprile) is a six year old who is trying to exist as her family disintegrates. Her mother Susanna (Julianne Moore) is a rock star angry at her art dealing husband Beale (Steve Coogan). The divorce is a bitter affair. Eventually Beale marries the nanny Margo (Joanna Vanderham), and Susanna marries bartender Lincoln (Alexander Skarsgård). Neither parent is really fit to raise Maisie.
This is a modern day reinterpretation of the Henry James novel. The audience is invited to experience the divorce through the eyes of the child. It is heartbreaking when the mother tries to couch the child in her divorce interview. However there isn't enough of those moments. There is a much more naturalistic flow. It is very subtle. It's maybe too subtle. The inherit drama isn't pushed out to the front. The child is an isolated passive figure floating from one caretaker to the next. It's a tale often told since it was first published in 1897.
This is a modern day reinterpretation of the Henry James novel. The audience is invited to experience the divorce through the eyes of the child. It is heartbreaking when the mother tries to couch the child in her divorce interview. However there isn't enough of those moments. There is a much more naturalistic flow. It is very subtle. It's maybe too subtle. The inherit drama isn't pushed out to the front. The child is an isolated passive figure floating from one caretaker to the next. It's a tale often told since it was first published in 1897.