Movie Generator Pick: The Nightingale
- Janelle
- Feb 27
- 2 min read
The Nightingale is not for the faint of heart at all.
Once again, this is a movie that the movie randomizer website suggested, & since I don’t click until I see something I want, this is the risk I run.
The Nightingale is a brutal, honest look at English colonization of Tasmania and the Aboriginal people who lived there.
Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, and Sam Claflin star in this historical thriller about an Irish woman seeking revenge against some English officers who murdered her husband and infant.
Within the first 20-30 minutes, this movie will push your comfort zone. It is raw, brutal, and some reviewers were rumored to have walked out of the theater during its run.
Jennifer Kent, of The Babadook fame, directed this movie and made no apologies for depicting the horrific events that occurred during this period.
The acting is top-notch, especially in the quieter, no less tense moments between Franciosi and Ganambarr. The animosity that turns into a hesitant companionship has you pulling for a happy ending, even when it's not possible.
Honestly, the only downside, and it feels awful to make it seem so trite, is the brutality of events, but it WAS what happened, so you either make an uncomfortable peace with it or you can choose to turn it off.
If you enjoy historical thrillers, this is the movie for you, but be forewarned, it will test those limits early on. But pretending these things didn’t happen doesn’t honor those who survived them either.
The Nightingale is on HULU 4/5
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