"If you're ever going to have a meaningful relationship ... you need to let your guard down"
Introduction
The film was first shown at Sundance earlier in the year, and through positive press from other festivals including Toronto, Martha Marcy May Marlene became a film I quickly became very interested in watching. How can people, in the first instance, join a cult and then become part of it and fundamentatly ensure the cult continues to corrupt others. Martha Marcy May Marlene does capture all these aspects and more - as we also see the contrast this small cult in the Catskill Mountains has with the affluent and consumer-nature of others.
