This film is based on a novel with the same name by Meg Rosoff. Daisy
is an American living in the United Kingdom of the future. She is sent from New York to live with
relatives in the English countryside. Daisy barely knows the cousins Eddie,
Isaac and Piper. Joe is a neighbor
friend who stays with them a lot. Moving
to another country for a teenager almost 20 is a difficult situation and she’s
shy, withdrawn, uncooperative and feels out of her element in the
beginning. As she begins to enjoy
the warmth and charm of her surroundings, she also begins a romance with Eddie. They are young, she’s pretty, he’s
handsome but news reports are coming out about a growing conflict in Europe. The UK becomes a violent, chaotic
military state. It becomes
necessary to hide and fight in order to survive.
There
is a lot of tension in this film.
There are reports that a nuclear explosion hit London and the water has
been intentionally contaminated.
Daisy becomes part of this family and helps with their survival. I thought this was good and
different. The characters draw you
in and you want them all to live.
3 ½* (I liked this movie)
101
min, Action directed by Kevin Macdonald with Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George
MacKay, Harley Bird, Danny McEvoy, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Rugman, Corey Johnson,
Darren Morfitt, Stella Gonet, Des McAleer.
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