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User Reviews for: Dorothy Mills

Milo_Jeeder
/10  6 years ago
"Dorothy Mills" is one of those films that may not fit into the horror category, but it still contains enough elements to get the attention of horror lovers who want more than gore and a nice variety of scares. I admit that I also like those kinds of horror films, but I can also acknowledge and praise something a little bit more complex, less violent and more 'psychological', which is the case of this film. 'Dorothy Mills' certainly went beyond my expectations and I honestly don't understand why some people are complaining about the movie being 'too slow'. For the contrary, this film successfully manages to capture the attention during the first minutes, which is a crucial thing to do when you're telling a story. If you shock the audience enough during the first minutes and develop a well narrative line that gets more and more complex throughout the end, you're all set, and personally, I think Agnès Merlet and Juliette Sales achieved this perfectly.

I don't know anything about Jenn Murray, the young actress who portrayed Dorothy Mills. I am not acquainted with her earlier work, but I don't need any information to state that she is definitely one of the most gifted actresses I have seen in a long time. The first time we see Jenn on screen, her character is doing something extremely violent, which provokes repulsion and hate towards her. However, only a few minutes later, Dorothy suddenly appears as a poor innocent child, which causes more sympathy than fear or rejection. Jenn Murray is obviously gifted enough to elaborate a complex character, who never ceases to amaze the audience with a variety of types of behavior through the entire film. Dorothy is a flawless character, not only thanks to Jenn Murray, obviously, but also because the writers did a marvelous job creating her. Judding this film by the cover, one would be inclined to assume that 'Dorothy Mills' is another movie about a bad little girl who kills people and gets away with it because nobody ever suspects of young innocent little girls. Well... this is really not the case. The cover is misleading and it makes it makes it look campy, when in reality, Dorothy is a much more complex character with a lot of things to express. Again, I have a special love for campy films as well, but I'm just stating a difference, in this case.

I highly recommend this fine psychological thriller, with one of the most complex 'villains' I have seen in a while. If you're in the mood for a good thriller with some well done twists, give this movie a chance.
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moonkodi
4/10  7 years ago
The pace reminded me of some older horror movies, how they would slowly reveal clues to some bigger picture. Nothing special about that. If this really works or not depends if the clues and reveals are interesting enough. At first they were but after a while they didn't go anywhere new. Between those plot reveal points you've got the empty space to create an atmosphere and develop characters. The atmosphere was just good enough, and it also had a very classic horror feel (local isolation). The atmosphere from the setting and some scenes could have been exaggerated and amplified a lot more. I didn't feel uncomfortable watching this movie, and I should have. I didn't think the main character was as interesting as she could have been. Even giving her a simple flaw or challenging her emotionally at times would have made her more real (she was emotionally challenged one hour into the movie and it didn't work and was too late). She was also unaffected by things that would have been deeply unsettling. That kind of misses the point of horror. The other characters/inhabitants hit their mark in a collective sense but when you look at them individually they're not very interesting. The whole movie just seemed to revolve around the supernatural mystery at a gentle pace.

So it starts off with a slow and comfortable formula that seems promising enough but it... I would say it falls apart, but it never had anything developed that could fall apart. This movie seems is was made by someone who only uses horror clichés.
Oddky enough, it could have been great.
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