Martha escapes from an extreme Cult where she has been living and moves in with her newly married older sister and tries and live a ‘normal’ life again.  The trouble is that Martha was probably never ever ‘normal’ even before she suffered all the abuse from the members of the Cult, so her attempts at assimilating herself into her sisters new life risks all their happiness esp. when her paranoia kicks in, as it does often for no real rhyme or  reason.

This psychological drama was being misguidedly over-hyped as potentially the big breakout movie of Sundance i.e. this year’s The Winter Bone (a 2010 that went on to get 2 Oscar nominations).  It is an interesting and good movie but its flawed script leaves the story floundering at times, and our interest along with it too.  The biggest selling point is the fact that it stars Elisabeth Olsen, the younger sister of THOSE twins, and she, unlike her siblings, can actually act.

★★★★★★