The Lost Daughter (2021)
73%RT Audience Score: 48%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 3 Oscars
37 wins & 102 nominations total
A strikingly assured debut for writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter unites a brilliant cast in service of a daringly ambitious story.
The Lost Daughter” is a film that will make you question your life choices, but also make you jump at the sight of rotting fruit. Olivia Colman delivers a fantastic performance, capturing the emotional turmoil of her character with just a simple expression. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s direction is audacious and intricate, weaving the ins and outs of motherhood through the psychology of a complex character. However, some critics found the film unfailingly grim, while others thought it provoked indifference. But hey, at least we can all agree that it’s not every day you get scared by a piece of fruit.
Production Company(ies)
Eye Steel Film Téléfilm Canada Rogers Group of Fund,s
Distributor
Netflix
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Netflix), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Spetses, Greece
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexual content/nudity and language
Year of Release
2021
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.66 : 1
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Runtime:2h 2m
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Language(s):English, Italian, Greek
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Country of origin:United States, United Kingdom, Greece, Israel
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 31, 2021 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 31, 2021
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, written by Maggie Gyllenhaal, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Caryn James, Stephen Romei, Jo Livingstone, Alissa Wilkinson, Tim Cogshell, Paul Byrnes, Sarah Ward, Elsa Fernández-Santos, Carla Monfort, Hugo Hernández Valdivia, Agustín Acevedo Kanopa, R rating, sexual content, nudity, language, produced by Charlie Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, Netflix, Dolby Digital, motherhood, seaside vacation, young mother, daughter, memories, unconventional choices, consequences, Leda, Nina, Professor Hardy, Young Leda, Toni
Worldwide gross: $622,635
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $677,182
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,673
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 73,848
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Dakota Johnson – Nina
Peter Sarsgaard – Professor Hardy
Jessie Buckley – Young Leda
Paul Mescal – Will
Oliver Jackson-Cohen – Toni
Director(s)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Writer(s)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Producer(s)
Charlie Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
Film Festivals
Venice, Telluride
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 3 Oscars
37 wins & 102 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (228) | Top Critics (59) | Fresh (214) | Rotten (14)
Colman can make Leda simply driving a car seem dramatic, as the expression on her face quietly captures the emotional turmoil she tries so hard to contain. And Gyllenhaal can turn an image of rotting fruit into a jump-scare.
January 25, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Caryn James
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
This is a fine, unsettling film about the cost of the choices we make.
January 8, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Stephen Romei
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
It addresses the impossible, ordinary, maddening task of keeping both yourself and a child alive.
January 8, 2022
Jo Livingstone
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
The end is deeply ambiguous, neither punishing nor condoning its characters’ behavior. It simply asks us to sit with them – to pay them the respect of attention, and learn something about ourselves in the process.
January 7, 2022
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
TOP CRITIC
Another fantastic performance by Olivia Colman.
January 7, 2022
Tim Cogshell
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
With a great central performance from Olivia Colman, it has depth, intelligence and a powerful seriousness of purpose. It’s also unfailingly grim, which raises questions about how we respond, as an audience.
January 6, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
For any director, this is audacious and intricate terrain, but Gyllenhaal is as exceptional and daring a filmmaker as she is a performer.
July 8, 2022
Sarah Ward
Concrete Playground
Gyllenhaal hits all the right chords in this finespun story where the past rushes over the present. [Full review in Spanish]
June 15, 2022
Elsa Fernández-Santos
El Pais (Spain)
Weaves the ins and outs of motherhood through the psychology of a complex character full of contradictions, played by a wonderful Olivia Colman. [Full review in Spanish]
May 24, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Carla Monfort
Espinof
Provokes indifference rather than intrigue.
[Full review in Spanish]
May 12, 2022 | Rating: 65/100
Hugo Hernández Valdivia
Cinexcepción
There is an exaggerated underlining of these images that at times makes them lose their freshness a bit, almost as if we have Maggie Gyllenhal pinching us on the shoulder and saying See? Did you understand? There!
March 30, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/5
Agustín Acevedo Kanopa
La Diaria
Through flashbacks, Gyllenhaal makes the bizarre or mysterious elements of the film too clear, right up to the end.
March 28, 2022
A.S. Hamrah
The Baffler…
Plot
While on a seaside vacation, Leda becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter, leading her to confront her own memories of early motherhood and the unconventional choices she made in The Lost Daughter.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Olivia Colman’s “fantastically expressive face” in her powerhouse performance in The Lost Daughter.
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