Rebecca Miller
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Maggie's romantic machinations are reminiscent of the protagonist in a Shakespeare comedy, and she's a sensible heroine in the vein of Jane Austen's "Emma," keeping her head while everyone around her loses theirs.
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Directed by Matt Ross
influenced by The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
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“Captain Fantastic” joins a small canon of films dedicated to American off-the-gridders, from Sean Penn’s masterful “ Into the Wild ” to Rebecca Miller’s “ The Ballad of Jack and Rose ” and Campbell Scott’s “ Off the Map .”
Living with his well-trained kids in mountain-man isolation, he’s a fiercely protective, unreconstructed leftist like Daniel Day-Lewis’s in The Ballad of Jack and Rose.
Leave No Trace (2018)
Directed by Debra Granik
influenced by The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
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With echoes of The Ballad Of Jack And Rose and Captain Fantastic , Leave No Trace is a close study of a father who has turned his back on humanity and the child he raises in this unconventional wilderness lifestyle.
The Shallows (2016)
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
influenced by The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Nancy Adams ( Blake Lively , in the most convincing argument for her stardom since 2009’s “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”) is a med school dropout with nothing to lose beyond her surfboard and her cell phone.
Blake Lively is a gradually improving performer, whose acting chops have improved over the years thanks to roles in the crime-thriller The Town, the drama The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, the fantasy romance Age of Adaline and the shark film, The Shallows.