Elizabeth Olsen, sibling of the famous Olsen twins but a screen identity now in her own right delivers a brilliant performance in this harrowing story of how quickly and easily a naive mind can become swept up in to an unknown world.
It is a fantastic demonstration of the subleties of manipulation whilst also asking the viewer to question their own affinity to or detachment from the main character on the screen. Olsen gives such a believeable performance of a lost soul, a drifter yearning to be grounded but who then sets down her roots in a dangerous cult.
The movie is frightfully realistic and resolute.
5 stars.
