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      • Disquieting and deeply moving, Sadie takes its story to extreme lengths while still feeling utterly grounded in the emotional reality of its characters. It's not an easy watch, but it's worth it.
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  2. Oct 12, 2018 · 3 min read. A coming-of-age drama set in the forlorn world of absent parents and trailer parks, writer/director Megan Griffiths ’ faintly sketched “Sadie” owes much of its limited appeal to its terrific lead performer, Sophia Mitri Schloss.

  3. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Melanie Lynskey and John Gallagher Jr. are two of the most gifted actors in film, and the roles they have in Sadie allow them to fully inhabit characters who are...

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    • Sophia Mitri Schloss
    • Megan Griffiths
    • Drama
    • Childhood as Battleground
    • The Violence of Heartbreak
    • Sadie: Conclusion

    Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) is a teenage girl living in a trailer park with her mother, a hardworking nurse named Rae (the forever criminally underrated Melanie Lynskey). Sadie’s father has been serving overseas in the military for several years; in Rae’s eyes, he’s a deadbeat dad signing on for additional tours just to avoid responsibility back h...

    Once Sadie mercilessly sets her sights on getting Cyrus out of her mother’s life, the film takes increasingly dark turns, turns that could seem too extreme to be truly realistic, if it were not for the brilliant performances of everyone involved and the incredibly detailed world that Griffiths grounds them in. Even if you have not lived in such a s...

    Disquieting and deeply moving, Sadietakes its story to extreme lengths while still feeling utterly grounded in the emotional reality of its characters. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s worth it. What do you think? Can you sympathize with a character like Sadie? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Sadie was released in theaters in the U.S. on...

    • Lee Jutton
  4. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jennifer Merin AWFJ.org. Schloss and Lynskey deliver heart wrenching performances in this strikingly femme-centric film which shoots an...

  5. Oct 11, 2018 · Oct. 11, 2018. About half as edgy as it wants to be, “Sadie” rings true and false in equal amounts. This leads to an odd experience as you watch the talented young actress (Sophia Mitri Schloss)...

    • Ken Jaworowski
    • 2 min
    • Megan Griffiths
  6. Oct 11, 2018 · “Sadie” is at its best when focusing on its titular antiheroine; the bizarre manipulations and machinations that she dreams up to preserve her home and family for her father’s return. She...

  7. Mar 27, 2018 · SXSW Film Review: ‘Sadie’. Megan Griffiths' disquieting indie drama focuses on the increasingly bad behavior of a troubled 13-year-old girl. By Joe Leydon.