Synopsis
While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home front when her mother takes an interest in the newest resident at the Shady Plains Trailer Park.
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Cast
- Sophia Mitri SchlossSadie
- Melanie LynskeyRae
- John Gallagher Jr.Cyrus
- Danielle BrooksCarla
- Tony HaleBradley
- Tee DennardDeak
- Keith L. WilliamsFrancis
- Joseph Steven YangMr. Lee
- Wally DaltonJimmy The Regular
- Justin Thomas HowellJesse Durantz
Recommendations
- 88
The Seattle Times
Its honesty and power makes it feel large; you live among these characters in their weary trailer park, aching for them. - 83
The Film Stage
Sadie is a grim and moving character study grounded by exceptional performances. - 80
Variety
Equal parts coming-of-age story and slow-burn thriller, writer-director Megan Griffiths’ quietly absorbing and methodically disquieting drama is a genuine rarity: a sympathetic portrait of a budding sociopath. - 70
Los Angeles Times
While the pace of “Sadie” meanders and is often a bit pokey, the excellent cast, including Danielle Brooks as Carla, the local bartender and Rae’s best friend, brings your attention fully to the dramatic goings-on in this tiny community. - 63
Movie Nation
Director Griffiths never lets reality slip too far beyond her film’s grasp, though the sexual complications, all of them, play like melodramatic conventions, some less organic than others. She’s still delivered a convincing portrait of a world and how its limited horizons shape those who might never escape it. - 63
Slant Magazine
Sadie remains a clear-eyed portrait of maternal love, teenage turmoil, and the singular type of tight-knit bonds formed, out of necessity in many cases, in low-income communities. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The film suffers from overly melodramatic plotting in the final act that feels contrived. It's far more effective in its quieter, more observational moments. - 58
IndieWire
Schloss compellingly combines the rangy wildness of hormonal teenagehood with Sadie’s more terrifying instincts, toeing the line between pissed-off teen and possible psychopath with ease. Her Sadie is both brutally dead-eyed and weirdly charismatic; you simply can’t turn away from her, even when you really, really want to.
