Madeline's Madeline
2018 · Movie · NR · 94 min · ★ 6.0 · 83% critics
A teenager in an experimental theater group is encouraged to draw from personal struggles and family tension for a new performance. As rehearsals grow more intense, the boundary between art and real life becomes harder to hold onto, turning the experience into something raw, uneasy, and deeply personal.
Also known as Madelines Madeline
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-08-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (106 votes)
About
You may connect with this if you like intense, unconventional coming-of-age dramas with a dreamlike edge, somewhere between Dare Me and Me and You and Everyone We Know; Not for you if you want a clear, tidy story.
Pros: raw lead performance; intense atmosphere; bold emotional ideas | Cons: hard to follow; thin story hooks; too self-indulgent
Themes
- pregnancy
- theatre group
- coming of age
- mental illness
- dream sequence
- mentor protégé relationship
- woman director
- mother daughter relationship
- reality shifts
- improvisational theatre
Cast & crew
Helena Howard
as Madeline
Molly Parker
as Evangeline
Miranda July
as Regina
Okwui Okpokwasili
as Nurse, KK
Sunita Mani
as Assistant Max
- ES
Eva Steinmetz
as Claire, Woman in Pig Mask
Felipe Bonilla
as Santos, Cousin Elmer
- LH
Lolo Haha
as Aart
- JT
Jorge Torres-Torres
as Alejandro, Craps
Lisa B. Tharps
as Laura
Directed by Josephine Decker