‘The Liberation’ Review: Carrie Coon, Lily James in Cult Drama – The Hollywood Reporter

As Rita Cooper (Carrie Coon) shivers outside in the cold, waiting to get picked up from a sleepover gone awry with a not-yet-cult, its leader, Ricki (Lily James), follows her out with a mug of tea. “I recognize your pain. I see what’s underneath it,” she tells her. “It’s my gift, seeing people for who they really are.” It’s Ricki alone, Ricki suggests, who grasps exactly how alienated Rita has become from her own seemingly stable life. It’s Ricki who thinks to ask questions about how unseen she feels, Ricki who gets what Rita is running from, Ricki who sees what she’s running toward. By the time Rita’s ride arrives, she’s decided to stay. There’s nowhere better for her to go, no one else who understands or even could. The Liberation The Bottom Line Heavy with powerhouse performances. Venue: Telluride Film Festival Cast: Carrie Coon, Bella Ramsey, Lily James, Odessa Young, Tracy Letts, Jamie Ray Newman Director: Guy Nattiv Screenwriters: Guy Nattiv, Noa Berman Herzberg 2 hours 4 minutes Or so Rita believes. In The Liberation, writer-director Guy Nattiv ( Skin , Golda ) grapples with the choices made by the real Rita, his own grandmother, extending her the profound
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