Margaret 2011
Lisa Cohen, a high school student in Manhattan, witnesses a tragic accident that sends her spiraling into emotional turmoil. Kenneth Lonergan’s ambitious project “Margaret” took six years to complete due to legal issues. Lonergan carefully avoids portraying Lisa’s story as a simple coming-of-age tale, instead delving into moral and existential themes in a dystopian setting that reflects the fractured post-9/11 American society. With a stellar cast and flowing dialogue reminiscent of an opera, Lonergan creates a masterpiece that deserves to be revisited on the big screen.
