A review of the movie “Miller’s Girl”:📽
In Miller’s Girl, verbose characters engage in a battle of wits, flaunting their vast literary knowledge. However, it appears that none of them have read Nabokov, leading them into a cliché trap. The film, directed by Jade Halley Bartlett, drips with Southern gothic style, and star Jenna Ortega’s dreamy, self-aware narration sets the tone. Ortega portrays Cairo Sweet, an 18-year-old heiress living alone in her family’s Tennessee mansion. Her parents, globe-trotting lawyers, are perpetually absent.
Cairo’s life revolves around lazing about, smoking, and scheming with her best friend, Winnie (played by the playful Gideon Adlon). But her boredom leads her to an ill-advised flirtation with Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman), her high school creative writing instructor. The cliché unfolds: young teacher, schoolgirl fantasies, and a forbidden connection. Yet, Miller is old enough to be her father—a failed author turned teacher, constantly reminded of his mediocrity by his wife, Beatrice (Dagmara Dominczyk).
The film’s heightened banter between Cairo and Jonathan initially crackles with wrongness, but it eventually grows wearisome. Cairo’s assignment to write a short story in the style of her favorite author, Henry Miller, adds an unintentionally hilarious layer. As Cairo’s motivations become murky, Jenna Ortega’s magnetic performance keeps us engaged, even as the narrative loses its way.
Miller’s Girl dances on the edge of literary intrigue but stumbles in execution. Despite its talented stars, the film doesn’t quite reach its full potential. Watch🎬🍿
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