The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Directed by:
Nicolas GessnerScreenplay:
Laird KoenigCinematography:
René VerzierComposer:
Christian GaubertCast:
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Dorothy Davis, Scott Jacoby, Mort Shuman, Hubert Noël, Jacques FameryPlots(1)
Some little girls can be murder! Thirteen-year-old Rynn (Foster) is a gifted prodigy who lives in a big old house with her reclusive father...all alone. Or does she? When Rynn's nosy landlady and a lecherous neighbor (Sheen) begin to susupect that this little girl is hiding a dark and dangerous secret, Rynn is determined to preserve her isolated existence at any cost - and stop those vicious rumors dead in their tracks! (official distributor synopsis)
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In the hands of a different director, this film could have been a superb psycho-thriller, but unfortunately, Nicolas Gesser doesn’t get much out of the premise. It’s unsurprising, predictable, derivative and a little contrived. The age of the protagonist also bothered me, not because it offended me in any way, but because I believe no thirteen year old person would behave like that, even if the girl in question is “different”.
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