After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Martha Marcy May Marlene has generally received positive reviews.
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Martha Marcy May Marlene was released in 2011 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 772 reviews, giving Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 71%.
With a score of 70%, Martha Marcy May Marlene is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2011, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2011 with similar scores include films like The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Attack the Block.
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