What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew (2012)

Directed By: Scott McGehee and David Siegel

Written By: Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright, based on the novel by Henry James

My Rating: 4.5/5

Parenting is a job requiring strength, selflessness, and stability. Even when life is excruciatingly difficult, children's needs have to be put first, and they need to be protected. Unfortunately, most of us come into the job confused, seriously flawed, and struggling with our own maturity, and we screw up. A lot. We strive to learn and grow, and we pray that our kids will someday make enough money to pay their own therapy bills.

I sat through a Lars von Trier film. The world MUST be ending ...

As we all know, the world is scheduled to end in two days, right after the winter solstice. There have been many apocalyptic predictions made in my lifetime, as there have been throughout history. And every time, Doomsday comes and goes with nobody being raptured -- the husband and I are still stuck paying off our mortgage. And humanity keeps on goin'.

Nevertheless, I didn't want this pending event to go ignored. So my daughter and I watched Melancholia, Lars von Trier's apocalyptic film, to mark the occasion.