Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) (1 Viewer)

[WaveCrest]

One of the new films out this year which stands out is Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), about a young woman who struggles to adjust to life after escaping from a cult. It's being shown shown at various film festivals this year and started a limited theatrical release in the US on 21st October (source: IMDb release dates page).

Haven't seen Winter's Bone yet, but have seen John Hawkes (who is in the cast) in the X Files episode Milagro.

 

[WaveCrest]

Is Martha Marcy May Marlene only on a limited release in US cinemas?

 

[TravisR]

Yeah. Looking at Box Office Mojo, it's currently on about 180 screens (widest release was 183 screens) while the new Twilight movie is on slightly over 4,000.

 

[WaveCrest]

Shame really, because what I've been reading with regards to reviews and magazine articles, it's mostly positive.

That's a heck of difference in number of cinema screens.

 

[WaveCrest]

Martha Marcy May Marlene is being released on UK DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 28th May (source: Amazon UK). Front cover 3D artwork for the Blu-ray release is below (source: Play.com):

 

[megancheung]

interesting film, but i hate the now indie cliched ambiguous ending....

 

[Patrick Sun]

Finally checked out this film, not bad. I tend to agree about the ending, a lifetime of paranoia ahead for our protagonist...

 

[schan1269]

Is there any difference in the DVD/BD compared to what HBO/Showtime(whoever it was) that showed it?

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Caught this a few weeks ago (on disc). Not bad, but it didn't blow me away. I was kinda OK with the ending -- not generally a fan of that sort of thing, but it was alright here.