The Lost Daughter (2021)
Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
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Her mother, Naomi Foner, wrote one of the best screenplays of the 1980s, "Running on Empty."
One: For Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight,” “Green Book”), who is always worth your time and doubly so as a terminally ill man who agrees to be cloned so his wife and son and unborn child can carry on without being aware he’s been replaced.
It's his best performance since "The Imitation Game."
You can see how the 1947 original, with Tyrone Power playing a soulless carnival worker who rises high and falls fast, would appeal to the director who made “The Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth,” and del Toro turns what was a black-and-white nightmare noir into a colorful, muscular mood piece.
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But Leda’s had her eye on Callie’s younger cousin, the sexy, raven-haired Nina and the young daughter always demanding her attention and notices that when the woman’s husband, Toni (Oliver-Jackson-Cohen, 2020's "The Invisible Man"), joins them on weekends, they always seem to fight.