Damsel is a 2024 American dark fantasy film starring Millie Bobby Brown as a betrayed damsel, who now needs to save herself.
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- Damsel is a 2024 American dark fantasy.
- The film was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
- It was written by Dan Mazeau.
- The film stars Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett, and Robin Wright.
- Damsel was released by Netflix on March 8, 2024.
- It was announced in Nov. 2020 that Millie Bobby Brown, hot off the success of the Netflix movie Enola Holmes, had signed on to executive produce and star in a new fantasy film titled Damsel for the streaming service.
- A source pegs the budget at around $60-$70 million.
- Millie Bobby Brown did her own stunts.
- Its running time is 110 minutes.
- It was produced Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum through their production company for Netflix.
- Emily Ballou and Mark Bomback was credited for “additional literary material” off-screen.
- In November 2020, Millie Bobby Brown was cast as Princess Elodie, along with being an executive producer for the film.
- In April 2022, it was reported that Angela Bassett, Nick Robinson, Robin Wright, Ray Winstone, Brooke Carter, and Shohreh Aghdashloo were part of the cast.
- Principal photography took place in early 2022.
- Shooting was done at the Troubadour Meridian Water Studios in London to portray the caves in the films.
- Filming also took place Portugal cities of, Tomar, Sortelha, Serra da Estrela, and at the Batalha Monastery.
- Author Evelyn Skye released a novelization of the film in advanced.
- She stated “The easiest way to think about it is this: Dan Mazeau wrote the original screenplay. I was able to read an early draft and was given free rein to write my own version of the story, which ultimately became the novel. Both the novel and the movie may stem from the same origin, but they are also each their own unique works of art”.
- It was published by Penguin Random House on April 18, 2023.
- Damsel was scheduled to be released by Netflix on October 13, 2023.
- However, it was postponed due to the impact of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike in the United States on the film’s promotion, and was given a new release date of March 8, 2024.
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 57% of 28 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.9/10.
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating “mixed or average” reviews.
- Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle criticized Brown’s character, but praised her commitment to the role, writing “The movie could have used a little less of Brown cowering behind boulders as the flames get closer and a little more of her getting even with the people who put her in this predicament”.
- Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, “Deliciously improper at times, Damsel adheres to codes that can feel a bit calculated, less organic than crafted in response to a newly progressive corporate agenda (the signs are there at all levels, from inclusive casting to occasionally self-righteous dialogue)”.
- Kate Erbland of IndieWire gave it a grade of “C+”.
- Damsel sees Brown as a dutiful, well, damsel, who agrees to marry a handsome prince — only to discover it was all a trap: The royal family recruits her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. She’s then thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, where she has to rely solely on her wits and will to survive.
- As Elodie fights alone in the bowels of the monster’s lair, she is the audience’s eyes and ears.
- The on-set cave system helped Brown herself feel like she was experiencing that journey.
- Set to the strains of “Run from Me” by Timber Timbre, the film’s teaser trailer showcases Elodie’s fairy-tale seduction by the royal family, and the ensuing reality of her situation, as she fights for her life in the depths of a cave.
