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Captivating movie !

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

We stopped watching as the direction and the acting were not good. I am surprised the reviews, or most of them didn't seem to notice.

Great cast. Lovely production. Aussie settings. Based on Ibsen's The Wild Duck. What could possibly go wrong? A horrible screenplay. If you haven't figured out where this is going in the first 20 minutes, then maybe you'll enjoy a sense of shock and discovery. Otherwise, The Daughter delivers an operatic buildup to a melodramatic climax. Typical of a bad writer/director, the film ends on a note the leaves the hard work to the audience to imagine for itself. Try watching the best production of The Wild Duck from the 1980's with Stellan Skarsgaard, set appropriately in Scandinavia and much more restrained, holding its secrets close to the vest, unlike this unfortunate effort.

The movie starts from nowhere and ends ... nowhere. Predictable and boring I don't recommend this movie to anyone. The theme is adequate for a movie made just after World War II when anything was acceptable. Rush, as expected, put on a marvelous performance as did the other cast members. Unfortunately, the director did a pretty lousy job. And this is evident throughout the movie.

The Daughter follows a family that, upon the digging up of an old secret, threatens to tear itself apart. Where to begin with this movie. The performances are all fantastic. Ewen Leslie and Miranda Otto are amazing as the main married couple, and Sam Neill kills it as the grandfather, Walter. And yet, the true star here is Odessa Young, the daughter herself. She is absolutely fantastic in this role, and she gives me hope for future child performers. Though she isn't much of a child in this movie. Everyone plays off each other so well, and the chemistry just adds to the authenticity of this family that has grown as close as they have when this movie takes place. I bought these people as an actual family. Aside from performances, the writing is really good. The characters are written with great dialogue, and the way the story progresses is engaging. While it is a little slow to start, it's all character building, making it easy to forgive. On occasion, closer to the end, the dialogue becomes a little cheesy. However, those lines are always countered by great dialogue, so it becomes easy to excuse as simply stress-induced actions on the part of the character. Speaking of stress, The Daughter excels at that. As the plot thickens and the characters are tested I felt myself getting more and more invested in them, and actually emotional in a few scenes, mostly towards the end. I don't cry often during movies, but this one managed to pull them right out. It was probably the closest I've come to actually crying during a movie for quite some time. And I loved it. And if that wasn't enough, the soundtrack is pretty good, too. Overall The Daughter is an unexpected gem of a film. With authentic relationships, great performances, great characters, emotional investment, and a good soundtrack, there really isn't a lot to dislike here. In the end, I would not hesitate to recommend this movie.