Greta

Name: Greta
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: March 1, 2019
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Angela Thompson, Arthur Lee, Brandon Lee Sears, Chloë Grace Moretz, Colm Feore

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Focus Features | Release Date: March 1, 2019 | R

Starring: Angela Thompson, Arthur Lee, Brandon Lee Sears, Chloë Grace Moretz, Colm Feore, Graeme Thomas King, Isabelle Huppert, Jane Perry, Jeff Hiller, Jessica Preddy, Maika Monroe, Parker Sawyers, Rosa Escoda, Stephen Rea, Zawe Ashton

Summary: A sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. HavingA sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends — but Greta’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta’s life is what it seems.… Expand

Director: Neil Jordan

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Steve Pond

Nov 19, 2018

While it sometimes feels as if it’s just not enough fun, once you get to the twin switcheroos and then the insane ending, you have little choice but to buy into horror-audience protocol and embrace it for the bloody hoot it is. Read full review

Jake Cole

Sep 17, 2018

Neil Jordan’s deft control of pace and tone elevates Greta past mere gimmickry, resulting in a comic thriller whose goofy humor only compounds its mastery of suspense. Read full review

Peter Travers

Feb 26, 2019

Jordan, working from a script he conjured up with Ray Wright, is in it for suspense tinged with laughs. But with these two dynamo actresses front and center, this nail-biter keeps you riveted. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Feb 26, 2019

The point, and the fun, is the wild mischief of Huppert’s performance, which grows lighter and more joyful as Greta’s behavior slides from menacing to murderous. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Apr 18, 2019

In all her signature deadpan intimidation, Huppert somehow gives the impression of being an exceptionally intelligent and self-possessed person who has never before acted in a film. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Feb 28, 2019

Huppert and Jordan are certainly capable of turning up the volume, but for whatever reason they pull back in Greta, getting stuck somewhere between shlockly art and arty schlock. That’s not a good place to be, even if it is a Greta one. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Feb 28, 2019

Greta is petit Guignol trying to pass for Grand, a horror flick made by people who forgot to have fun. One of them, the director, Neil Jordan, made a memorable film called “The Crying Game” almost three decades ago. This is the groaning game, an inept tale of danger, entrapment and dismemberment. Read full review

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NoahMorrison766

May 15, 2019

This movie was very good!! The acting was magnificent, the cinematography was excellent, the quality was great, the story was unique.

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Sextet

Sep 16, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Brilliant actresses, gloomy atmosphere and sinister tension make for one of the greatest psychological thrillers in recent memory.

Greta is a very good psychological thriller that convinces with excellent actresses, gloomy atmosphere and sinister tension from start to finish.

The film starts very quickly and the main plot is introduced in the first five minutes already which is a very dynamic approach. A young female student who has recently lost her mother and now lives estranged from her father with a dynamic roommate finds a purse in a subway. She decides to bring the purse to her owner, an elderly and lonely lady who lives estranged from her daughter and has lost her husband and dog. The student pities the lady, buys a new dog with her and starts meeting her regularly despite her roommate's doubts. One day, the student discovers that the lady is hiding several bags identical to the one she had found in a closet and realizes that the old lady specifically places them around town in order to meet new people. The young student stops seeing the lady but the latter is obsessed with and keeps stalking her. The more the young student tries to escape from her, the more determined the elderly lady gets to win her back by any means necessary.

The acting performances in this psychological thriller are particularly outstanding. Chloë Grace Moretz convinces as empathic, fragile and good-mannered student who falls into a dangerous trap. Isabelle Huppert delivers the goods as dangerous, egocentric and unstable widow who takes advantage of the young student's weaknesses and who has some skeletons in her closet.

Thanks to a well-paced start, the movie quickly creates a sinister atmosphere. The first signs that something is amiss with the elderly lady are already present in the first ten minutes of the film. She brutally bangs against a wall in her own house to prevent the neighbours from making too much noise. She immediately tells episodes of her tormented life to a complete stranger. She makes philosophical remarks pretending to know the desires of a young woman she has just met. From then on, things slowly spiral out of control as the strange old lady becomes a most dangerous psychopath who is nevertheless underestimated far too long.

The tension rises throughout the film. The viewer can empathize with the young lead character who initially feels intrigued by the elderly lady, then confused and upset and progressively scared and terrified. The exposition is appropriately short, the rising action is intensively detailed, the climax is shocking, the falling action is eventful and even the resolution leaves you on an uneasy note that walks off the beaten path.

The story of a dangerous stalker might not be completely new and some twists are easily predictable. Still, the exceution of this movie is particularly gripping thanks to brilliant actresses, gloomy atmosphere and rising tension leading to a memorable ending. Anyone who likes psychological thrillers should watch this movie.… Expand

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sandborn

Mar 5, 2019

A great cast and a great ending overcome a silly script. Yes, there are problems with logic such as Greta (Huppert) popping up in places she can't possibly be, and Frances (Moretz) making dumb choices that bring her back to Greta. But the movie is greater than the sum of its parts, andA great cast and a great ending overcome a silly script. Yes, there are problems with logic such as Greta (Huppert) popping up in places she can't possibly be, and Frances (Moretz) making dumb choices that bring her back to Greta. But the movie is greater than the sum of its parts, and 'Greta' has some good moments that makes it worth watching.… Expand

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bataguila

Jul 8, 2019

Palomera. Pero la historia es floja, predecible, y el final es interesante.

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AMoo

Feb 23, 2021

Greta is the child of uber rich parents and is a pawn in politics. She reads off a script and tweeted out a plan put together by uber rich people with dates to send tweets, exactly what to say and other things for her and celebrities to say/tweet. Greta and Rhianna both tweeted copied andGreta is the child of uber rich parents and is a pawn in politics. She reads off a script and tweeted out a plan put together by uber rich people with dates to send tweets, exactly what to say and other things for her and celebrities to say/tweet. Greta and Rhianna both tweeted copied and pasted tweets from the "plan" on the dates specified. Her "handler" in India was imprisoned for LIFE as a response to the tweeted plan that was intended to disrupt the government of India and it's food supplies. She can not answer questions about the topics she speaks on because she doesn't know what she is talking about and can't intelligently talk about her topics unless she is reading from a script. She is one of the biggest political frauds of the century, but certain people idolize her. I fear for this country and the people who idolize her and canonize her in things like this movie.

Independent thought is dead if you let the uber rich tell you want to believe via propaganda like this.… Expand

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