Greetings from Lithuania.
"The Marsh King's Daughter" (2023) is a movie with great premise, but very average story. The opening of the movie, of which i did not know nothing when watching ( i haven't even read the synopsis) is intriguing. I won't spoil anything but it got me surprised and involved. Its like "Room" but different and i will leave it at that. But what happens next is the most generic and predictable story you could imagine. Acting by both leads were uninsipiring, giving the shalow script. Even the always reliable and great Gil Birmingham doesn't had to do much in this movie - he was wasted just like to promising premise.
Overall, "The Marsh King's Daughter" had an interesting premise, but nothing more. Its a very generic and average movie that even at 1 h 45 min. Run time did drag. A lot.
"The Marsh King's Daughter" (2023) is a movie with great premise, but very average story. The opening of the movie, of which i did not know nothing when watching ( i haven't even read the synopsis) is intriguing. I won't spoil anything but it got me surprised and involved. Its like "Room" but different and i will leave it at that. But what happens next is the most generic and predictable story you could imagine. Acting by both leads were uninsipiring, giving the shalow script. Even the always reliable and great Gil Birmingham doesn't had to do much in this movie - he was wasted just like to promising premise.
Overall, "The Marsh King's Daughter" had an interesting premise, but nothing more. Its a very generic and average movie that even at 1 h 45 min. Run time did drag. A lot.