When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how disturbingly, the family's story is about to become entwined with his own.Īnd here’s my quick review from this post where I covered all six Sarah Waters novels: But it is now in decline and its inhabitants-mother, son and daughter-are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. THE LITTLE STRANGER tells the story of Dr. If you’re unfamiliar with the book, here’s the IMDB summary written by Focus Features: Color me shocked, pleased, and ultimately disappointed. They didn’t miss the important twist and ensuing interpretation they overdid it. Somehow, they did the opposite of what I expected. Never in a million years would I have guessed how they’d really screw it up. I was so certain that they would miss the subtle but brilliant, meaning-making twist that I actually pitched my column with the title “'The Little Stranger' Twist the Movie Missed.” When I pitched a movie review for The Little Stranger, I felt almost positive I knew where and how they would screw up adapting the beloved Sarah Waters novel by the same name.
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