The Marsh King's Daughter
2023 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 6.4 · 52% critics
A woman who has built a quiet life and family has spent years hiding the truth about her childhood in the wilderness. When the man responsible for that past breaks out of prison, she’s pulled into a tense fight to protect what she has now, using hard-earned survival skills and confronting long-buried trauma.
Based on The Marsh King's Daughter
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-09-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 52/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (400 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a slow-burn thriller about trauma, survival skills, and protecting family, with mounting dread and a final showdown; Not for you if you dislike deliberate pacing or predictable turns like in Suburbicon.
Pros: strong lead performances; steady tension build; moody wilderness setting | Cons: slow early stretch; predictable story beats; uneven pacing
Themes
- based on novel or book
- angry
- baffled
- bewildered
- derogatory
- disapproving
Cast & crew
Daisy Ridley
as Helena
Ben Mendelsohn
as Jacob
Garrett Hedlund
as Stephen
Caren Pistorius
as Beth
Brooklynn Prince
as Young Helena
Joey Carson
as Marigold
Yanna McIntosh
as Agent Lorna Illing
Gil Birmingham
as Clark Bekkum
Joshua Peace
as ATV Driver
Pamela MacDonald
as Mrs. Haver
Directed by Neil Burger