Martha Marcy May Marlene

"The largely elliptical script feels a few drafts shy of focus, with the thriller elements undermining the juicier questions of why one joins a cult and how life can go back to normal later."

"A stunningly assured, elegantly crafted and profoundly disturbing portrait of a traumatised mind. Rockets Durkin and Olsen to the top of the ‘ones to watch’ pile."

"A bit too coy, too clever and too diffident to believe in."

"A bit too coy, too clever and too diffident to believe in."

"Ambitious and effective, introducing a gifted young actress and a director whose work I'll anticipate."

"A film of rough edges and no easy answers, nearly perfect in its imperfection."

"Too ambiguous for some tastes, this is grim but clever, insidiously creepy and affecting. And in Olsen and Durkin, it marks the arrival of two exciting talents to watch. It still should be called Mental Sex Cult."

"Terrifying."