Miller’s Girl: Why is Jenna Ortega’s new film controversial?

Miller’s Girl: Why is Jenna Ortega’s new film controversial?



Miller’s girlfrienda thriller that gets people talking

Not receiving praise from the Anglo-Saxon press, The millers’ girlJade Halley Bartlett’s first feature film is making waves in the press and on social networks for the embodiment of its sulfurous story. Miller’s girlfriend in fact, it tells of a very ambiguous relationship between a very talented young eighteen-year-old writer, Cairo Sweet, and her teacher Jonathan Miller, much older and a once promising writer who has not published since he got married.

Released theatrically in January 2024 in the US and on Prime Video in select territories including the UK, Miller’s girlfriend attracted virulent criticism for the age difference between its two lead actors. Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman, respectively interpreters of Cairo and Miller, did it 31 years old who separate them and share intimate sequences in the film.

“An adult film full of nuances”

About this age difference he has with the star Wednesdaythe star of Sherlock Martin Freeman esteemed in the columns of Times that the film was in no way apologetic.

It’s an adult and nuanced film. (…) The film doesn’t say: “look, it’s beautiful, right?”

He also personally regretted, in a bold comparison to say the least, that stories with complex subjects could thus be misunderstood, by association.

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Strictly controlled intimate sequences

As for intimate sequences, the intimacy coordinator of Miller’s girlfriend Kristina Arjona had explained to the Daily Mail at the beginning of the year that everything had been conducted to perfection and that no limits had been exceeded: “There were a lot of people involved, making sure everything was constantly clear about what Jenna felt comfortable with, and she was determined and very sure of what she wanted to do.. I am very attentive to my two actors and make sure that we constantly check that at no point can a limit be crossed.

Miller’s girlfriend it currently does not have a release or broadcast date in France.

Source: Cine Serie

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