Sentences with phrase «reserved young protagonist»

Though burdened with some painfully clumsy passages of dialogue littered throughout Wentworth Miller's screenplay, the film succeeds on the strength of its lush visuals, nimble editing, sweeping musical contributions by Clint Mansell and Philip Glass, and magnetic performances by Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode as, respectively, the reserved young protagonist and her creepily seductive uncle who reappears shortly after the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney).