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Watch: What Maisie Knew 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – WHAT MAISIE KNEW is a contemporary New York City re-visioning of the Henry James novel by the same name, written by Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne. It revolves around unwitting 7-year-old Maisie, caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother Suzanna, an aging rock star, and her father, Beale, a major art dealer. In a race to win the court’s advantage, Beale marries Maisie’s nanny Margo, prompting Suzanna in turn to marry friend and local bartender, Lincoln. Both forced into a battle neither wishes to be a part of, Margo and Lincoln come to empathize with Maisie’s position and over time with one another’s. Teased by the notion of making their own surrogate family, the trio must either submit to the will of Maisie’s parents or eventually face their wrath..
Plot: The story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.
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Ratings:

	7.4/10 Votes: 27,943
	87% | RottenTomatoes
	74/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 370 Popularity: 9.9 | TMDB

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She knew who really loved her and who cared for her.
She knew who really loved her and who cared for her…

She also knew that mummy and daddy were too busy arguing to notice that the pizza guy had arrived. “What Maisie Knew” practically opens mid-tirade and Maisie, a wide-eyed six- year old girl has heard it all before, she skips innocently through their art-deco New York apartment, past her none-the-wiser parents, pulls out a fistful of dollar bills from her own piggy-bank and returns to the door to pay for the pizza.

“What Maisie Knew” is a re-visioning of the 19th-Century Henry James novel by the same name. The story follows Maisie, played by the captivating Onata Aprile , caught in the midst of a custody battle between her aging rock star mother Susanna and art-dealer father, Beale.

Susanna intensely played by the always-brilliant Julianne Moore and Beale (Steve Coogan) only unite in their neglect and emotional abandonment of little Maisie, and both of whom are not above using their daughter as a pawn in their war game.

As they battle on with the messy custody arrangements, Beale marries former nanny Margo (Joanna Vanderham), and in retaliation Susanna also remarries, to young bartender Lincoln, (Alexander Skargard).

As Maisie moves between her parents now separate lives, we unearth a natural connection between Maisie and Lincoln. You feel safe when he is around, even though he doesn’t know what he is doing half the time and like Maisie, is out of his depth and unsure where he stands in Susanna’s life.

Constantly, Susanna relies on Lincoln to pick Maisie up from school, drop her off, and spend time with her and improvise when necessary.  But as the affectionate bond between her new husband and her daughter grows, Susanna becomes jealous of the relationship to the point of enforcing to Lincoln “you don’t get a bonus for making her like you”.

“You don’t deserve her,” Lincoln lashes out as Susanna breaks up with him, expressing exactly what the viewer has been thinking. But as another relationship in Maisie’s life ends, it’s her resilience that keeps us captivated and in awe of such a brave girl.

The story is told from Maisie’s perspective including many shots even captured from Maisie’s eye level so we get a fresh look at an unoriginal story. Instead of finding out why a parent leaves her at school, we just see how the child remembers being left alone. Instead of knowing what the parents are fighting about, we see how it impacts the child and her memories of it.

“What Masie knew” is a bleak film but hopeful, it demonstrates that innocence is not something to be wasted and used but cherished and protected. What Masie knew is  to trust the people who actually take care of her – never voicing an allegiance against anyone but accepting love when it’s offered

What Parents Say
This film is mildly recommended.

What Maisie knew was her divorcing parents were constantly at odds with each other. Based on the Henry James novel and given a substantially modern revision, the film depicts scenes from a young girl’s point of view as these dysfunctional adults use their daughter’s unconditional love as a emotional pawn to hurt each other and selfishly gain the upper hand. The story may be old and predictable, but sadly, the battle between the separating spouses is a well known commodity and still being enacted in many broken homes today. What Maisie Knew is a film that takes an unflinching glimpse at the carnage left in the aftermath.

By focusing on the littlest survivor’s struggle in dealing with this bitter custody wars, the film already lays bias to Maisie’s parents as evil and self-serving types. Both parents are egomaniacs and creepy. Susanna (Julianne Moore) is a narcissistic rock star and Beale ( Steve Coogan) is a successful art dealer. Both are better suited for their jobs than as Maisie’s parents. As their hatred builds for each other, Maisie’s world begins to implode as new people enter her parents’ lives and now become part of hers: Beale remarries Margot (Joanna Vanderham), Maisie’s nanny, and Susanna remarries a younger man, Lincoln ( Alexander Skarsgard). Their interactions and relationships are the mainstay of the film.

While the parent roles are wholly unsympathetic and truly unlikable characters, the actors playing them are quite good at giving them some redeeming qualities. Moore’s Susanna is such a self absorbed diva, jealous of any attention going to anyone other than herself, including her own daughter and Moore plays the role with disturbing intensity. Coogan’s Beale is the father in absentia, more interested in worldly fortune and travel plans. As their supporting spouses, Skarsgard and Vanderham bring their charm and appeal to their more congenial roles. But at the core of the film is Onata Aprile as the young child. The young actress manifests a believability and naturalism to her role as Maisie. Her solemn looks and inquisitive manner elicit the perfect degree of empathy and concern.

What Maisie Knew is solidly directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel and co-written by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright. One could see that this film was a labor of love by the filmmakers. The film is fragmented and filmed in a stream of conscience structure as Maisie observes various changes in her own life. Subtle touches help to capture the chaos forming around Maisie’s daily life: the loud arguments going on in the next room while she tries to sleep, her long waits for either parent to take their turns for custody duties, her independent skills in making herself a grown-up sandwich for dinner, etc.

What Maisie Knew begins to lose itself in the last third of the film. It was there that a lack of credibility set in for me and the actions became contrary to the characters’ nature. Their reactions registered as untrue and served only as a means to concoct a more positive ending. The melodrama overtook the genuine drama that was so successfully established for most of the film. Still there is much to admire in What Maisie Knew, a film that values the innocence of the young while constantly realizing that a child’s world is always trumped by the power of parenthood, be they good parents, or in this case, very bad ones. GRADE: B-

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Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 39 min (99 min), 1 hr 39 min (99 min) (USA), 1 hr 33 min (93 min) (Toronto International)
Budget 6000000
Revenue 2711379
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Writer Nancy Doyne, Carroll Cartwright, Henry James
Actors Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan
Country United States
Awards 3 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Alpha Cine Labs, Seattle (WA), USA (digital film transfer), Technicolor, New York (NY), USA (dailies telecine)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 100T 5212, Vision3 500T 5219)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), D-Cinema