#martine bartlett

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martine bartlett as miranda ledoux porter in season one of arrest and trial ("journey into darkness")

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

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Miller's Girl (2024) dir. Jade Bartlett

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Miller's Girl (Jade Halley Bartlett, 2024).

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Green in miller's girl [2024] cinematography by Daniel brothers

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Looking mighty fine here, Mr. Freeman. 😍

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… I miss The West Wing.

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Martin Freeman (226/366)

🎬| Miller's Girl (2024) Director & Script Jade Halley Bartlett

This is writer and director Jade Halley Bartlett first film.

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First poster for MILLER’S GIRL featuring Martin Freeman and Jenna Ortega

Releasing in theaters January 26th, 2024

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Maybe Bartlett should've signed up for this before making Miller's Girl.

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...Burton could've used it too.

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March 1st, 2024

I'll be honest I only watched Miller's Girl (2024) out of mild curiosity after a bunch of people freaked out over the age difference between Freeman and Ortega. The movie isn't that great but I think the pearl clutchers are missing the point here. The movie could have done more to condemn a few of the teacher's actions, or his lack of actions in some cases, but overall you're supposed to agree this dynamic is unhealthy and unsettling. A fascinating performance from Jenna Ortega. I'd like to see more of her in the future. Other than that I don't think this one left much of an impression.

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Miller's Girl (2024)

I suspect that on another day, my rating for Miller’s Girl would vary wildly from the one I’m giving it now but that’s ok. Sometimes a movie hits you at the right time. There are too many flaws for me to call it "good". It's not "so bad it's good" and it's not a fascinating trainwreck, but it is the kind of movie you keep watching even when you recognize all the flaws.

Cairo Sweet (Jenna Ortega) has to write a college admission essay for Yale University when she realizes she has nothing worth writing down as “her greatest achievement to date”. Her best friend Winnie (Gideon Adlon) suggests having an affair with a teacher - she’s trying to do the same with the school’s gym coach, Boris Fillmore (Bashir Salahuddin). Cairo chooses her creative writing teacher, Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman).

Miller’s Girl is an erotic thriller, though admitting that makes you feel a bit dirty. At first, the film comes off as simply weird. Cairo Sweet lives alone because her parents (whom we never see) are wealthy lawyers working in some faraway country at the moment. Their house is an enormous mansion on the side of a large forest perpetually covered in thick fog. Everyone talks like they’ve been pulled out of a classical novel - not a bad thing, but it does make it feel more otherwordly than it normally would. Combined with the premise and the heavy emphasis on the written word, this film often feels like the novelization of some provocative short story… but it’s an original piece written and directed by Jade Hally Bartlett. Until Cairo decides to tempt Mr. Miller, you don’t think Winnie is seriously trying to seduce Mr. Fillmore so you have no idea where things are headed. Then, we get a clearer picture of Miller’s home life. His wife, Beatrice (Dagmara Domińczyk) is a successful writer that’s too busy for him. He's only written one book and that was years ago. When Cairo gives him extra attention, all sorts of alarms start going off because you think you know where things are going… but you can't say for sure and you're not certain if you should be creeped out or not. In your defense, the film never tells you how old Cairo is supposed to be but Jenna Ortega is 21 and as performers who have to convince us that an affair might happen, she and Freeman have good chemistry.

The thing is, Miller’s Girl is not a romance film; it’s an erotic thriller. Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman may be attractive on their own but when put together, you're supposed to forget that. You’re supposed to dread what might transpire because your pheromones aren't more powerful than your brain. You recognize how creepy a scenario this is. Depending on the scene Mr. Miller or Cairo might be the villain and before you call foul, let me explain. You might think that the teacher is the adult, that he’s completely in the wrong until we learn some things about Cairo that prove she’s a high-school femme fatale - if that wasn’t already clear from the fact that she’s looking to wreck a marriage and destroy a career out of boredom.

Although Miller's Girl kept me invested, there are several aspects of it that I have to call out as being either disappointing or problematic. I once again find myself quoting Promising Young Woman:

“It’s every man’s worst nightmare, getting accused of something like that.” “Can you guess what every woman’s worst nightmare is?”

I’m not going to say that you can’t make a story about some innocent man who gets entangled in a nefarious sex thing by a young woman but your story better be airtight if that’s the subject you’re tackling. Miller’s Girl has plenty of leaks. Even if it was a steel trap for most of its 93-minute running time, the conclusion is unconvincing, unsatisfactory and unrealistic. It’s not conventional - which is something - but that’s not the same as great.

Something about Miller’s Girl appealed to me when I saw it. I know I’m in the minority. I would have a hard time defending myself to anyone who asked me why but it's not like I’m the only person on earth calling it watchable (we'll say that it gets a mild recommendation but a recommendation nonetheless) and I bet I won’t be the only one. (July 13, 2024)

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MILLER'S GIRL is a f**king beautiful film.

I weep with Jonathan Miller and Winnie Black. I feel rage at what had been done to them them.

I feel rage at Cairo Sweet and Beatrice Miller. If this story was real, I hope Jon dusts himself off, writes again, and beats those bitches in the bestselling books stake...and that he writes "Miller's Girl". (haha)

Disappointed with Coach Boris and the vice-principal with their treatment of Jonathan.

Won't say my reasons so that you'll watch it on @Netflix. (@Netflix Philippines hasn't included it yet on its list.)

The most haunting scene for me was the close up of Jon's eye as a tear fell down from it. (I wish I've got a screenshot of it.) The most erotic was the imagined sex scene.

Kudos to the actors led by Martin and Jenna, the writer, director, crew, and producers.

The film didn't do well in theaters, but jumped to Netflix's Top Ten.

I still feel weepy and 'teeth-gnashy' about it.

One day, it will be acknowledged as a beautiful, haunting film.

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Miller's Girl (Jade Halley Bartlett, 2024).

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miller's girl dir. Jade Halley Bartlett