Greta

A late addition to TIFF and my first film of 2018 was Neil Jordan’s “Greta”, with Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz in a thriller about an obsessive mother (Huppert) and the object of her affection (Moretz).

At its heart, there’s a dark fairy tale quality to the film. Hints are dropped fairly early and a little clumsily into the narrative, but when it goes dark, it does it with gusto. It’s the first part of the film, though, that is a problem. It didn’t seem to manage the transition from the opening urban environment to the conflict that emerges between the two leads.

Huppert is probably the best thing in the film, adding to her filmography of dangerous women.