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Disc 1: Theatrical Feature Blu-ray
Disc 2: DVD, Director's Extended Cut
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63 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I can't remember the last time I've been so moved by a film -- maybe never. What's it about? Everything. It's hard to think of a major theme of human existence that is not explored in this movie. What it's mostly about is a teenage girl's confrontation with mortality. The title comes from a beautiful poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins called "Spring and Fall," which is read in the film by Matthew Broderick, playing Anna Paquin's high school English teacher:
To a young child
Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leaves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you will weep and know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sorrow's springs are the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.
Even now as I read that poem and recall the powerful closing moments of the movie -- where Paquin weeps and knows why -- a tear comes to my eye.
The film has an effortless realism. The classroom scenes and the lawyers are pitch-perfect. I mention them in particular, because movies usually get them wrong. The depiction of smart teenagers (and teachers) -- what they say and how they say it -- is dead-on. Every character is fully drawn. You know them all, and empathize. Some think the movie is too cluttered. I suppose the Matt Damon subplot is the least successful -- at least in the theatrical cut -- but I did not find the movie overstuffed. You need it all to appreciate the girl's coming of age as she deals with so many of the usual adolescent challenges, plus the outrageous fact of death.
This is a brilliant, spellbinding movie from start to finish.
To a young child
Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leaves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you will weep and know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sorrow's springs are the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.
Even now as I read that poem and recall the powerful closing moments of the movie -- where Paquin weeps and knows why -- a tear comes to my eye.
The film has an effortless realism. The classroom scenes and the lawyers are pitch-perfect. I mention them in particular, because movies usually get them wrong. The depiction of smart teenagers (and teachers) -- what they say and how they say it -- is dead-on. Every character is fully drawn. You know them all, and empathize. Some think the movie is too cluttered. I suppose the Matt Damon subplot is the least successful -- at least in the theatrical cut -- but I did not find the movie overstuffed. You need it all to appreciate the girl's coming of age as she deals with so many of the usual adolescent challenges, plus the outrageous fact of death.
This is a brilliant, spellbinding movie from start to finish.
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
By Vajra
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Be aware that while this set does contain both versions of the film, it includes them IN ONLY ONE FORMAT EACH. The theatrical release is here ONLY in Blu-ray, and the extended version is here ONLY as a DVD. If like me you don't have Blu-ray, you won't be able to watch the theatrical release. And if on the other hand you wanted to watch the highly-regarded extended version in Blu-ray quality, this set won't give you that option.
98 of 111 people found the following review helpful
By Kevin D
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was fortunate enough to see this film recently at the West End Cinema in DC. Having read some of the mixed reviews, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I found myself pleasantly taken with the movie. Yes, there are one or two digressions that could have been better integrated with the story (or, possibly, cut). Yes, the climactic scene could've stood some tweaks. And yes, between this and You Can Count on Me, I do prefer the latter. But this was still one of the best films I've seen in years! It is a mature work, and honest, and considered. The emotions and psychologies of the characters feel real and authentic. If you're looking for a light, generic popcorn movie, this film is not for you. But if you appreciate true to life drama with weightier themes that will challenge your preconceptions and stimulate your higher cognitive functions, Margaret is definitely worth watching.
An early scene, of the story's tragic inciting incident, was so brutal, so powerful, and so upsetting that I almost had to leave the theater. The main character's involvement in this scene means that she is forever changed, and it's to be expected that she will begin to "act out" as she struggles to recalibrate her life in tragedy's wake. You might not like, or agree with, everything she does, but she is fascinating to watch. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone sums it up best: "Margaret, for all its flaws, is a film of rare beauty and shocking gravity."
As a product note, the disc release includes both the theatrical version (on Blu-ray) and an extended cut (on DVD). From what I've read, it sounded like the director was pressured to cut the film down to less than 2 and a half hours for the theatrical release, so it will be particularly interesting to watch the extended version. Perhaps some of the film's loose threads will prove to be more interwoven after all.
An early scene, of the story's tragic inciting incident, was so brutal, so powerful, and so upsetting that I almost had to leave the theater. The main character's involvement in this scene means that she is forever changed, and it's to be expected that she will begin to "act out" as she struggles to recalibrate her life in tragedy's wake. You might not like, or agree with, everything she does, but she is fascinating to watch. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone sums it up best: "Margaret, for all its flaws, is a film of rare beauty and shocking gravity."
As a product note, the disc release includes both the theatrical version (on Blu-ray) and an extended cut (on DVD). From what I've read, it sounded like the director was pressured to cut the film down to less than 2 and a half hours for the theatrical release, so it will be particularly interesting to watch the extended version. Perhaps some of the film's loose threads will prove to be more interwoven after all.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
margaret
This movie delt with a young woman who could not handle life situations.She caused an accident, which ended in the death of person. Read more
Published 7 days ago by james brown
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too Much Drama
If you enjoy listening to several females screaming at each other for over 2 hrs don't miss this movie; if not then don't waste your time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. Schiffer
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed as soon as I looked at the disc specifics on the back of...
So, I was inspired to seek out and purchase this Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo because, well the way it is written it looks like the extended version is also on Blu-ray as well as the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by RayBlahBlah
1.0 out of 5 stars
BUMMER!
I got this movies because it got good reviews from the majority of people and I saw the trailer. It looked like it would be a very good movie. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. Tyrrell
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Unexpected Emergence of Tragedy...
As a child on a family trip in the 1970s, I saw a motorcycle speed past with a teenage couple. A car was making a u-turn and the motorcycle slammed into it, the teenagers taking... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chris Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Among the cinematic masterpieces
Disclaimer: This is a review of the extended version which I recommend. Many negative reviews seem to relate to the theatrical version which was shortened making the relevance of... Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Grohe
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a masterpiece for me
I watched the extended cut. I like movies shot in New York with New York actors and they all acquit themselves well. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dennis J. Pauly
4.0 out of 5 stars
Me gustó
Interesante la película, muy buen reparto de actores, buena música, estimo no se arrepentiran de verla para pasar un buen momento
Published 6 months ago by Nicolas Dario Latourrette Bo
5.0 out of 5 stars
finding a moral center--terrific writing and performance
rite of passage: a young girl is coming of age,flirting and testing the waters with men to see how alluring one she be to them. Read more
Published 7 months ago by carol irvin
4.0 out of 5 stars
New York City's Answer to Fargo
"Fargo" and "Margaret" both have plots, of course, but each seems to me to be primarily an extended, self-aware ethnic joke at the expense of its area's stereotypical character and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Joseph Ryan
