Film Review – The Girl

It’s been difficult to get a proper read of Abbie Cornish as an actress.
She’s done some interesting work in pictures such as “W.E.” and
“Limitless,” but she’s not a performer who commands the screen,
preferring coolness of character and deep introspection. Often, this can
read as simple disinterest. “The Girl” provides Cornish with a leading
role of substantial weight and patience. In fact, the entire movie
hinges on her body language, with the small-scale drama uninterested in
outbursts of melodrama, instead holding to subtleties of thought and
urgency to generate essential tension. Cornish is marvelous in “The
Girl,” finally proving herself to be a formidable actress after years
spent struggling to be noticed. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com