The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead

The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead tells the incredible story of the return of a young woman thought dead, who had been missing for several years and returned without any explanation of her absence. As her relatives and the authorities are trying to come to grips with the events surrounding her disappearance as well as reappearance, more dark forces begin to come forth. This film is thrilling and drama filled and features a psychological subplot as well because nothing is ever quite how it seems.

Cast:

Florence Pugh as the girl in North who goes missing

Matt Smith as the lead investigating officer

Olivia Colman as the girl’s mum who is distraught

Positive Aspects:

The role by Florence Pugh who is in the lead, is carried out in a way to leave viewers having an impression of a confused woman with quite the mixture of issues.

The film develops tension slowly while producing many surprises in order to keep the viewer on suspense.

Additional tension is created by the dark and moody atmosphere which is effective to the mystery of the experience.

Negative Aspects:

There are some plot points that quite some audience members may predict considering how many amnesia driven thrillers there are out there.

Some may find the final scene to be rather abrupt and some character arcs did not feel substantial enough.