The Lost Daughter

"Children are a crushing responsibility."

I kept seeing that one clip of the mother approaching Leda and asking her to move, and I finally added it to my watchlist. I had a different idea of what the movie would be about since the summary is kind of vague, and I thought the family would poison her with that cake. Instead, we see many close and intimate moments with Dakota Johnson and Olivia Colman.

I didn't even recognize Johnson at first! She doesn't have her iconic bangs, and I think this is a role that pulled more emotion out of her. An exhausted mother who hates her husband suits her perfectly. I think The Lost Daughter perfectly captures how life can be for a woman who does not want to be a mother but was forced into the position anyways and how that can ruin the lives for her and her children.

I thought it was a good film. It was slow at times, but it was nice watching everything piece together in the end. Though she loved living the life she craved, even if temporarily, the guilt was slowing eating at Leda as she sees herself in Nina's family, which helped grow familiarity between the two women… Leda just had to keep that doll.