What movies do best is immersion - making you feel someone else's experience. Here, you're immersed in a young girl's view of her life. Her parents do not put her welfare above theirs, and you feel it. There's no big traumatic event here. Just a series of demonstrations, and some need on the girl's part for an emotional safe haven.
This is adapted from an 1898 book by Henry James, into a modern setting. It's well-paced, and it's tastefully made. The performances are strong, and the visuals nice.
I've got a bad habit of writing many more words about the films that I don't like than the ones that I do. I don't know what more to say about this one, without starting to spoil plot details. Immersive, tasteful, makes you feel and understand someone else's experience. That's the deal here. I give it an A+. It's on Netflix, by the way.
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