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  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary After a fifteen-year absence, Christian (Paul Schneider) returns home to rural New South Wales for the marriage of his father, Henry (Geoffrey Rush), the wealthy owner of the local mill that's been the economic bedrock of the community for generations. Christian gets reacquainted with his old friend Oliver (Ewen Leslie) and finds himself...

Directed By: Simon Stone

Written By: Henrik Ibsen, Simon Stone

  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m

The Daughter

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary After a fifteen-year absence, Christian (Paul Schneider) returns home to rural New South Wales for the marriage of his father, Henry (Geoffrey Rush), the wealthy owner of the local mill that's been the economic bedrock of the community for generations. Christian gets reacquainted with his old friend Oliver (Ewen Leslie) and finds himself...

Directed By: Simon Stone

Written By: Henrik Ibsen, Simon Stone

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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42% Mixed
5 Reviews
8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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42% Mixed
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83
Oct 25, 2015
A highly polished film that belies the soap opera melodrama of its plotline by having the twists and turns spring directly from well-observed human behavior, Stone's The Daughter is a quiet, immensely affecting triumph.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 25, 2015
Deeply involving and emotionally searing, The Daughter reps a confident and profoundly moving bigscreen debut for established theater director Simon Stone.
By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 25, 2015
What The Daughter lacks in narrative surprises, however, it works hard to make up for in its confident approach.
By Sarah Ward FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 3, 2017
While the acting draws us into the story; it plays like a daytime soap opera with really good actors and Australian accents.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
58
Feb 3, 2017
As any kind of introduction to Ibsen, this film is more a turnoff than a turn-on.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 26, 2017
The characters don’t have conversations so much as helpfully recite their back stories, and the long-buried secret is soon so obvious that the movie’s last-act hysteria feels forced and a little ridiculous.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 23, 2017
It too often strains for a tragic gravity that its ultimately melodramatic characters never earn.
By Oleg Ivanov FULL REVIEW

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7.1
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25% Mixed
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25% Mixed
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Production Company Screen NSW, Wildflower Films
Release Date Jan 27, 2017
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Tagline Keep your family close and your secrets closer.
Website http://www.thedaughtermovie.com.au/
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Awards

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations

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