Ruth Paxton’s feature debut watches as a teen’s nihilistic epiphany tortures her already traumatized mother.
A psychological horror tale built around a mysterious eating disorder and unusually fraught mother-daughter dynamics, Ruth Paxton’s feature debut,, shares key ingredients with several much-discussed recent indies by and/or about women, fromPaxton acquits herself well, making the most of Sofia Stocco’s chilly interiors and some committed performances
from stars Jessica Alexander and Sienna Guillory. But Justin Bull’s screenplay comes up short, failing to adequately capture the depth of its teen’s encounter with the abyss — her anorexia is the aftermath of an apocalyptic revelation — and to integrate it into the more comprehensible domestic tensions that serve as the plotless film’s only framework.
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