Stephanie Daley

Why should it end with a line like "paul always comes back." Need a little more substance about Stephanie to make a clear decision about the ending.... Full review

I had no idea what to expect from this film, and by the 10 minute mark it won me over. Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn both gave stellar performances. The script was tight, and the back and forth between the Swinton... Full review

This movie is not very well known, but I think its very good. To put it simply some might find this movie a bit boring, but its just realistic. It doesn't give you all the anwsers, but niether does real life.... Full review

Wow, what a movie! As most of the comments before, acting was superb, the story was well laid out, intelligently and without patronizing explanations. What I was really aware of this time- I am not one very sensitive to technique in... Full review

I watched it Saturday, along with all the special features. It was a tough movie. If you don't like indie film, you might have a hard time with it. If you do, it's an astonishing achievement. All the acting is uniformly... Full review

Writer/Director Hilary Brougher has created a deeply involving and moving masterwork of film with her little independent low budget STEPHANIE DALEY. Brougher has courage to address an issue most people wish to submerge - that of unwanted teenage pregnancies and their... Full review

Captivating and hypnotic portrayals by Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn Magnetic acting by Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, and Melissa Leo, who receive excruciatingly minimal screen time portraying crucial characters Spellbinding cinematography and imagery and allusions Painstakingly realistic situations, events, conversations, human... Full review

That very sad movie I never see in my life abd I don't want to say anything eccept if you guys looking for the best movie just pick this movie i'm sure you will like it... Full review

I have no idea why this film, or many of the other Sundance films for that matter, are rated so low on IMDb. It's a shame, because this is a remarkable film. Amber Tamblyn gives the best performance of her career... Full review

Knowing through logic or knowing through intuition - and if we suppress what's staring us in the face, how can we find the truth? Such are the elements of a good mystery; and in the case of Stephanie Daley they are... Full review

Billed as both a psychological drama and a mystery, Stephanie Daley leans heavily on the former, leaving too many unanswered questions for this film to satisfy those who have expectations toward the latter. In short order, Tilda Swinton's pregnant forensic psychologist Lydie Crane is called in by the prosecutor's office to determine if reticent 16-year-old Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) is lying when she claims that she did not know she was pregnant, and that the child was stillborn. ... Full Review

The emotional release is all saved up for one scene, the one we assumed the film was going to politely avoid, in which we actually see Stephanie biting back agony in a cold, impersonal bathroom stall as she gives birth to a child that she has already planned to murder. ... Full Review

This is first-rate stuff. Doors slam, confusions pile up and these high-toned actors look as if they're enjoying themselves immensely. ... Full Review

Through flashbacks, Ms. Brougher shows how the shy Stephanie is seduced it's more like date rape by a college boy at a keg party, before deciding that she couldn't have gotten pregnant because he claims he didn't ejaculate. Thus the director Hilary Brougher wins big points for having the guts to make "Stephanie Daley. ... Full Review

Nevertheless, "Stephanie Daley" provocatively carries itself through the rough spots with exquisitely realized protagonists and first-rate performances to match. The film wisely delivers no easy answers and draws no pat conclusions in Stephanie's and Lydia's actions. ... Full Review

'Stephanie Daley' Drama. Written and directed by Hilary Brougher. Starring Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn and Timothy Hutton. (R. 92 minutes At the Opera Plaza Cinema.) ... Full Article

Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) is a teenage girl who is accused of killing her newborn.She claims she did not even know she was pregnant until she gave birth, and so her truthfulness, and her sanity, are called into question. ... Full Article

April 20, 2007 WELL acted but thin on plot, the indie drama "Stephanie Daley" features a superb performance by Amber Tamblyn ("Joan of Arcadia") as a teen charged with killing her newborn. She claims she didn't know she was pregnant ... Full Article

Stephanie Daley is the strongest proof I've seen this year that the Sundance Lab - designed to give emerging filmmakers the creative and financial support they need to raise their game - is doing something right. ... Full Article

When 16-year-old Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) is accused of murdering her newborn, she claims she never knew she was pregnant and that the child was stillborn. ... Full Article

The agony of Stephanie Daley is in the details. Writer/director Hilary Brougher's sophomore effort (following 1997's The Sticky Fingers of Time ) peels back the layers of small-town life, revealing the festering wounds that suppurate beneath even the most placid... ... Full Article