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‘What Marielle Knows’ Review: What Would You Do If Your Daughter Could Suddenly Read Your Mind?
Frédéric Hambalek delivers a thought-provoking modern comedy in which two parents struggle to adapt to their child's newfound telepathic powers.
But in writer-director Frédéric Hambalek’s intriguing thought experiment, that dynamic is reversed, and a young girl inexplicably gains the upper hand, serving as conscience, confessor and ultimately mirror to her parents’ true selves. Tobias takes the opportunity to be more of a role model, replaying the earlier meeting the way he wishes it would have gone (by standing up to an ambitious colleague, played by Moritz Treuenfels) for Marielle’s benefit — though that only makes things worse for him at work. Whereas Hollywood studios have a bad habit of dumbing everything down to a 13-year-old sensibility, the strength of Hambalek’s German approach is that it doesn’t shy away from the cringey moments, as when Julia and Tobias talk openly about her feelings for Max.
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