Martha Marcy May Marlene

2011
15
1h 42m

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Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

57K

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POPULARITY

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Awards
- 22 wins & 74 nominations total

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Martha Marcy May Marlene

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Martha Marcy May Marlene: Just Because We're Sisters

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Martha Marcy May Marlene: Just Because We're Sisters

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Martha Marcy May Marlene: Where Are You?

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Martha Marcy May Marlene: You Look Like Marcy May

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Elizabeth Olsen

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Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen Breakout (Featurette)

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Trivia
Sean Durkin was looking for an unknown actress to play the role of Martha, which was the only role auditions were held for. Elizabeth Olsen auditioned twice for the role, and had to begin filming only two weeks after winning the part.

Goofs
During Martha's breakdown in the party scene, the bow on her white dress is hanging loose when she is being corralled into the bedroom by Lucy and Ted. In the next shot, the bow is done up again.

Quotes
Patrick: You know that death is the most beautiful part of life, right? Death is beautiful because we all fear death. And fear is the most amazing emotion of all because it creates complete awareness. It brings you to now, and it makes you truly present. And when you're truly present, that's nirvana. That's pure love. So death is pure love.

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Featured in Maltin on Movies: Margin Call (2011)

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Written by Brady Corbet and Christopher Abbott
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Featured review

7/10

Weird, but in a Good Way

Elizabeth Olsen's acting in Martha Marcy May Marlene is really fantastic (it may or may not be her first feature film, not sure which she did first this or Silent House). Her acting combined with the background we get make it easy to see how someone could be drawn into a cult - and stay for so long despite the abusiveness.

The interactions between Martha, her sister and her brother-in-law are downright strange at times but not in a 'hunh?' way at all. They're strange in a way that actually makes perfect sense for the characters and the experiences they've had.

I was really disappointed by the very, very, very end of the film - but I liked the other 100 or so minutes enough that I can forgive it (or forget about it). That and I really can't wait to see Elizabeth Olsen in something else.