Capturing Mary (2007)
Sometimes I wonder why a scary movie even gets made. Is it a warning so other impressionable girls won’t make the same stupid mistakes as the heroine? Is it to give sick people in the audience ideas of how to torture others? I don’t really know the point of Capturing Mary, but I will say this for it: it gave Maggie Smith more to do than her usual movies these days. If there’s one thing she’s known for nowadays, it’s for having a stiff upper lip. In this movie, she readily shares her secrets and traumatic memories, and frequently tears up remembering her weakness and ruined youth. In one scene, she actually collapses in a heap and bawls her heart out! Hard to imagine, isn’t it?
I wouldn’t exactly recommend this movie, though, unless you really love Maggie Smith and don’t mind scary movies. It was just too creepy for my taste. Ruth Wilson plays young Maggie Smith (I know; they look nothing alike) and when she attends a cocktail party, she allows her curiosity and fascination for one guest, David Walliams, to overpower her judgement. She follows David into a secluded wine cellar and listens to his vast confession of disgusting secrets of others. This horrifying conversation damages the rest of her life, and through flashbacks, we see how. Watch at your own risk, and certainly not at night. And ladies, never ever follow a creepy man to a wine cellar, even if he promises he just wants to tell you a secret.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. The very first thirty seconds of the film are of a staircase spinning around in a circle, and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to scary and adult content, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
More Maggie Smith movies here!
I wouldn’t exactly recommend this movie, though, unless you really love Maggie Smith and don’t mind scary movies. It was just too creepy for my taste. Ruth Wilson plays young Maggie Smith (I know; they look nothing alike) and when she attends a cocktail party, she allows her curiosity and fascination for one guest, David Walliams, to overpower her judgement. She follows David into a secluded wine cellar and listens to his vast confession of disgusting secrets of others. This horrifying conversation damages the rest of her life, and through flashbacks, we see how. Watch at your own risk, and certainly not at night. And ladies, never ever follow a creepy man to a wine cellar, even if he promises he just wants to tell you a secret.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. The very first thirty seconds of the film are of a staircase spinning around in a circle, and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to scary and adult content, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
More Maggie Smith movies here!