Some individual parts of Moxie, however, just come off as awkward and out of place. It’s definitely refreshing to see a wide variety of girls pulled into the mix - and not just the outsiders, as popular student Kaitlynn (Sabrina Haskett) and soccer captain Kiera (Sydney Park) join in as well. Soon, Moxie grows from a one-woman anonymous publication into a core group of students rallying for change. As more of the school - boys included - starts to catch on to the zine’s call to action, they draw Sharpie hearts and stars on their hands to signify solidarity. (Especially since she never actually… talks to her mom about it.) But generally, it’s satisfying to see Vivian’s evolution from shy wallflower to leader emboldened by anonymity. The connection between Vivian randomly remembering the lyrics to “Rebel Girl” and finding her mom’s old stash of zines, then creating her own zine, is thin. Fueled by this attack, and a Bikini Kill song her mom (Amy Poehler) played for her at one point - Vivian pours all her rage into a zine she dubs “Moxie,” and plasters it all over her school. Every year, a group of popular boys, led by football captain Mitchell (Patrick Schwarzenegger, who pulls off the charming-douchebag role with almost alarming finesse), roll out a ranking of female students, giving them degrading titles like “Most Bangable” and “Best Rack.” When new student Lucy (Alycia Pascual-Peña) dares to speak up against Mitchell, she gets blasted on the list. "Combined with realistically messy family dynamics and expert turns from the ensemble cast - particularly Nevin, whose performance forges boldly into challenging territory - the result is powerful, if a style of horror audiences have grown used to in a post-A24 world." - Katie Rife, The A.V.Based on a 2015 YA novel of the same name, Moxie follows shy high-school junior Vivian (Hadley Robinson) who grows increasingly fed up with the sexist culture at her school. The film has creeping mold, strange sounds in the night, and gore to spare, but at heart it’s about the increasing shame a middle-aged woman feels for the distance she’s kept from her aging mother." - Josh Larsen, LarsenOnFilm "Great horror movies are often built on guilt, and that’s the case with Relic. "'Relic' is an exemplary entry in the New Horror canon, where psychology and atmosphere count for as much as shocks, where the inner wounds of women often take startling external form, and where less is more until the time comes for more to be more." - Ty Burr, Boston Globe The answer makes this movie distinctive, and well worth seeing." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal "In the end Relic really is about decay, both physical and spiritual, and filial devotion. "A disturbing and ultimately devastating movie about what it means to love someone unconditionally, even when they've lost the power to love you back." - Justin Chang, NPR "Relic deftly merges the familiar bumps and groans of the haunted-house movie with a potent allegory for the devastation of dementia." - Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times "A stylish, eerie project that turns the haunted house story on its head." - Brian Tallerico, "Relic is the feel-dread movie of the year." - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times "This is a horror movie with a soul." - Stephanie Zacharek, Time Starring: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote However, as Edna’s behavior turns increasingly volatile, both begin to sense that an insidious presence in the house might be taking control of her. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay’s concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she’s been clashes with Sam’s unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back. When octogenarian Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) rush to their family’s decaying country home and find clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.
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