Synopsis
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. Despite Stephanie's insistence that her child was stillborn and that she had no idea that she was pregnant, she is arrested for the murder of the child.
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Cast
- Tilda SwintonLydie Crane
- Amber TamblynStephanie Daley
- Timothy HuttonPaul
- Denis O'HareFrank
- Jim GaffiganJoe Daley
- Deirdre O'ConnellJane
- Halley FeifferRhana
- Neal HuffMr. Thomas
- Kel O'NeillCorey White
- John Ellison ConleeJack Hutchinson
Recommandations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
The scary culminating flashback, in which Stephanie gives birth -- in a public restroom, on a high school ski trip -- is a marvel of authentic disturbance. - 80
The New York Times
Without standing on a soapbox Stephanie Daley suggests a tragic gender gap between men who judge and women who feel. - 80
L.A. Weekly
There is so much to admire and empathize with in Stephanie Daley that it feels almost boorish to quibble about whether the film needs to come packaged as a murder mystery. - 75
New York Daily News
This is first-rate stuff. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
However you feel about her character and what she may or may not have done, Tamblyn's portrayal of Stephanie Daley is softly devastating. - 70
Variety
A taut, provocative, sometimes overreaching but always absorbing thriller. - 70
Salon
Despite an overly abrupt and oblique conclusion, this is a major American film, announcing the arrival of an independent director who deserves all the hype. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A muted psychological mystery where filmmaker Hilary Brougher's interest in "solving" a possible crime is superseded by her investigation into matters involving denial, free will and the physical and emotional burdens of pregnancy.
