The Marsh King’s Daughter

The Marsh King’s Daughter

Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret: her father is the infamous “Marsh King,” the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to escape her past, Helena is forced to face her demons when her father unexpectedly escapes from prison.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 125 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Thrillers
  • Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince, Garrett Hedlund, Gil Birmingham, Caren Pistorius, Joey Carson
  • Director: Neil Burger
 Comments
  • virindra - 1 July 2024
    Don't really know why this movie was made.
    This movie is about a young girl who grows up with her parents in the forest. One day, when her father is away, het mother escapes with her and goes to the city. Her father gets arrested. After that she grows up in the city, has a husband and a child. 20 years later after the escape her father escapes from prison and finds her.

    The first part of the movie is quite boring. We get to see how a father teaches his daughter how to hunt. Of course the same skills come in handy when she has to hunt her own father down. And that's the part where I got lost. Her father foud her in the city. He leaves enough clues for her to know that he did. She decides to go back to the forest to hunt her father down. Her father, who clearly is in the city.

    OK, I guess her father went back to the forest as well, don't know why. They could have settled everything in the city. In the forest she founds out that her stepfather followed her. He gets shot and killed by her own father. Her father, who followed her back to the forest. He captured his daughter and throws her in a pit. Then he goes back to the city for his granddaughter. The daughter gets out of the pit to prevent that.

    So here I get lost. The father is in the city for his daughter and granddaughter. He kind of stalks them there. For some reason he goes back to the forest to capture his daugther who lives in the city. Why didn't he capture her there? How did he know his daughter would go the the forest to? Then in the forest after capturing his daughter, he goes back to the city for his granddaughter. He could have taken her the first time he went back from city to the forest.

    When the daughter tracks down her father, we get to see how all skills learned come in handy. A little broken twig tells us her father did that. Why not a randon animal? Even though she knew and it was her father, he still manages to overtake her.

    Wird movie. I don't understand what the moviemaker was trying to achieve making this movie. What did he or she want to tell us? The movie as it is, is quite boring. Yes, filled with pretty and handsome people, that also did not make any sense.
  • a_pospech - 22 March 2024
    Daisy Ridley please don't do movies like this
    This film fails to escape the realm of mediocrity, trapped within the confines of a clichéd and uninspired narrative. Its attempt at suspense falls flat due to a predictability that permeates every twist and turn. While the technical aspects such as camera work, visuals, and acting are proficient, they are overshadowed by the weight of a poorly constructed script. Despite efforts to elevate the material, the film ultimately succumbs to its lack of originality, leaving audiences craving substance and depth.

    Daisy Ridley, you were amazing in the Murder on the Orient Express, so don't spoil your resume with films like this :)