A Measure of the Sin

2013
18
1h 16m

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4.5/10

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Every childhood is normal... to the child who lives it. For Meredith that means an enchanted seclusion that is shattered when she is deprived of her mother. Desperate and alone, Meredith must join a household with other women and their children, a sinister man who controls every facet of her existence, and a vicious bear that only she can see. As life in this world becomes increasingly strange and frightening, Meredith realizes that she must flee, even though she fears she has not learned enough to survive on her own.

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Meredith's idyllic childhood ends after her mother's death. She's forced into a disturbing household with other women, children, a controlling man. As her existence there grows bizarre and t... Read allMeredith's idyllic childhood ends after her mother's death. She's forced into a disturbing household with other women, children, a controlling man. As her existence there grows bizarre and terrifying, she escapes, feeling ill-prepared.Meredith's idyllic childhood ends after her mother's death. She's forced into a disturbing household with other women, children, a controlling man. As her existence there grows bizarre and terrifying, she escapes, feeling ill-prepared.

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- 5 wins & 1 nomination

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In the opening scenes in which Meredith and Ruth go to collect rainwater, Meredith has quite a large real baby in a sling strapped against her chest. When Ruth collapses and Meredith kneels to help her, the "baby" changes between shots to a much smaller fake baby that is completely hidden by the sling. This was probably for safety reasons to avoid the real baby falling from the sling.

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2/10

Hmm, is it bad or great? The answer is obvious

Well, this had two reviews when I looked it up; a two-star and a ten-star. So which would it really be? Bear in mind, I love off-beat movies and B movies and even some pretty terribly produced movies if the writing and plotting is clever. And I like or even love some movies that other people hate (to each his own). But this movie was awful. Just abysmal and utterly boring. How I crawled through to the end is beyond me, but even further beyond me is why anyone would give this 10 stars.

My chief complaint is the endless narration of the story, which in THIS case is a terrible replacement for well-written dialog. The acting was pretty bad...I've seen worse, but this is near the bottom. All of the characters were unlikable, which isn't always a bad thing, but in this case I just couldn't get engaged with any aspect of the insipid story. For a movie that's only 10 years old it feels awfully dated as well.

But hey, to each his (or her) own! I never tell people not to waste an hour and a half of their life watching a bad movie, because I think that's very presumptuous and pretentious. But I know I won't waste another minute on this piece of crap.