Innocence
Smuggled into theaters last weekend after lying on a shelf for several years, Hilary Brougher's low-bar hurdler Innocence turns out to be a nifty piece of teenage neo-feminism, at least until the scratch marks from a troubled post-production start to emerge in the final act. Sophie Curtis gives a nuanced lead performance as Beckett Warner (what a name!), a smart and curious girl who gets shuttled off to a cloistered Manhattan prep school following the death of her mother. Almost as soon as Beckett arrives, a student jumps off the roof and dies, and the overwhelming profusion of sinister, over-the-shoulder glares suggests that the mysterious “alumni book club” led by a school nurse (Kelly Reilly) is behind it. Innocence is inconsistent throughout and falters badly in the stretch, but it's an intriguing near-miss, with a more active and complex heroine than typically seen in teen-lit adaptations.
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