All that I knew about this movie is that it was a coming of age story about a teenager growing up on a very religious family. That in itself, at least for me, it's interesting enough. The premise of the film, especially with how beautiful it looks, is really good. But it quickly diverts from that into this very inappropriate relationship between the protagonist and her mentor and it lingers on that. It becomes the story about a young girl having an "affair" with and older married man. There's clearly a power dynamic there and is never discussed. What is actually the message here? I wonder. I think it could've been so much better if they focused on her journey without this "romance", because everything ended up revolving around that. It feels so unnecessary when everything else happening to her is quite compelling as it is.
Review of The Starling Girl
