2024 · drama
Janet Planet
Directed by Annie Baker1h 53m2024
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.
Our read: Janet Planet (2024) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- intimate
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