Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

wisconsinator "This tea taste like almonds.""Must be the almond cookies." Sometimes bad people really do get their just desserts, but you will have to wait until the very end to find out just who, and how.

dougdoepke The movie's a creepy gem with a highly original screenplay, even if the premise stretches a bit. At the center is a 13-year old girl going on 35, who lives alone in a big house in the country. But then Rynn's got to be like a practical adult in order to organize all the household affairs. And that raises the question-- just where are her dad and mom. 13-year olds just don't live alone, especially in creepy old houses. Turns out dad's nowhere to be seen, even though the girl tells people dad is there. Little Rynn sure doesn't look scary, more like the small blonde down the street. But hold on. She finds school "stultifying". Now, since when do 13-year olds throw around 10-pound words like that. Hers may have been an intellectual family, but still you don't get words like that from MTV. So now we know she's a prodigy, who wants to take total charge of her formative years without adults butting in and messing things up. Some kid!The movie's a creepy gem, with few scenes outside a shadowy parlor room. Foster manages a 90-minute deadpan, so we never know what little Rynn is thinking. But catch that commanding voice, exceptional for any adolescent, making Rynn's prowess that much more believable. Then too, her face-off with the obnoxious Mrs. Hallett (Smith) is a knockout of strong personalities, and in more ways than one. Plus, the final scene with the lecherous Frank (Sheen) amounts to a masterpiece of sly scripting and staging. And through it all, 13-year old Rynn keeps an absolutely straight face. Quite an acting job by young Foster.Except for the neighborly cop, none of the principals is especially likable. As a result, there's no one really to root for. Instead, we're glued to the screen awaiting clues to the missing mom and dad; plus, what the heck is beneath that trapdoor, which also happens to reflect Rynn's perverse psyche. Whatever is there, it's beneath the calm surface. Nothing's spelled out in the narrative. Instead, we're pretty much left to put the pieces together. Anyhow, my only reservation is the romantic interlude with Mario (Jacoby), but I guess that works to unsettle us even more. All in all, the film's a masterful thriller, and a definite one-of-a-kind. Meanwhile, I'm staying away from anything that looks like a trapdoor.

BA_Harrison 13-year old Rynn (Jodie Foster) supposedly shares a rented property with her poet father, but when curious locals request to meet the man of the household, they are quickly rebuffed, causing them to suspect that the girl is actually living alone. The idea of a pretty teenage girl on her lonesome proves way too tempting for local pervert Frank Hallet (Martin Sheen), who seizes the opportunity to make a move, but resourceful Rynn isn't quite as defenceless as she might seem.Jodie Foster's confident central performance in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is absolutely mesmerising, the young star displaying all the signs of a future Oscar winner; Foster is ably supported by Martin Sheen as cold-hearted child-molester (and hamster killer) Frank, and Alexis Smith as Frank's nosey mother, whose curiosity leads to a sticky end in the cellar. A chilling character study, a tender romance, a macabre drama, a subtle horror: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is all these and more.Only an unbelievably silly scene in which Rynn's friend Mario (Scott Jacoby) dons a rubber mask and pretends to be her father in order to fool his suspicious uncle (Mort Shuman) mars what is otherwise a very effective and surprisingly provocative little thriller.

stormwings The first 'JodieFosterFilm' and the last I saw, and it was no surprise to hear that voice, so very different as heard in "Taxi Driver", so near to Erica Bain or Meredith Black.The person - the vehicle or the source of the human dignity? Or both? Or none of this? Two young humans playing with this fundamental issue, well guided by a modest director or producer. This girl always slips out of her person and even when she is forced to get back into it she shows that this is not the way to live a human life. A whole movie to see what was signified in Taxi Driver, when she sprinkled white sugar on her jelly toast.Tallulah, Iris, Rynn - played in one year or a little more. Oh yes, it's a difference if you're watching or if you're playing. And it's a difference if you're only playing or if you're able to become more and more aware about your feelings and thoughts as yourself and as in the role you're playing at he same time.It seems to me that the whole crew leaves the room for the two young actors, who get into it and use it very careful. Like they did a hundred times before...