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October 28, 2011
At the Movies: ‘Martha' a thrilling and beautiful film
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
“Martha Marcy May Marlene” is a tongue twister of a title that makes chilling sense as the film unfolds. In quiet, intimate ways, it is one of the most startling, haunting films you'll see all year.
| MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE |
 Director: Sean Durkin Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh Dancy Rating: R Running time: 101 minutes |
Elizabeth Olsen, younger sister of twin multimedia moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley — although we won't have to qualify her in terms of her more famous siblings for long — stars in the title role. She's a reserved woman in her 20s who is skittishly fleeing a hippieish cult in upstate New York at the film's start. She reaches out and calls her older sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson), from whom she's been estranged for a couple of years, for help. At this point, she's known by her real name of Martha.
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