Plot
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter divorce and custody battle.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 7.4/10 (210 voted)
Director:Scott McGehee
Storyline
What Maisie Knew is a contemporary New York City revisioning of the Henry James novella by the same name. It revolves around unwitting 7-year-old Maisie, caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother Susanna, an aging rock star, and her father, Beale, a major art dealer.
Trivia:
"Joanna Vanderham" replaced "Evan Rachel Wood." See more »
User Review
Eh
Rating: 4/10
Judging from the desired serious tone set by the directors this story
of 7-year-old Maisie being tossed from one selfish parent (Julianne
Moore reprising her role from Boogie Nights) to the other (Steve Coogan
in his recurring jerk role) should have been a heart wrenching
undertaking. It wasn't.
The longer you stick with this film the more far-fetched the plot
becomes. Suspending disbelief here would be akin to thinking OJ Simpson
was innocent. And even if you do go along with the fairytale storyline
there's still the uneven point-of-view approach that seems like it was
put together more by a 7-year-old with Legos than a professional
filmmaker with big boy toys.
So, why the low rating? 2 reasons:
1. I kept waiting for Steve Coogan to do a Michael Caine impression.
Spoiler alert: He never does! 2. Newcomer Joanna Vanderham. Ain't she a
peach?
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