Review of Una

Una (2016)
6/10
Lolita Light
9 November 2017
This is not Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel turned into Stanley Kubrick's great film. Instead we have Rooney Mara(Una) as a late twenty something woman confronting a 50-ish man at his factory job somewhere in England. Flashbacks show a preteen Una becoming involved first as a friend and shortly later as a sexual conquest of her neighbor Ray. He has changed his name to Peter after a four year jail stint and is now married to an age appropriate woman. Una wants to know why he took advantage of her youthful innocence. He proclaims that it was true love and Una and the audience will be quite skeptical of his intentions. Several teary eyed scenes follow and the ending is not all that compelling. Rooney is believable as the disturbed young lady and she has no problem removing her clothes. As referenced earlier, Una does not come close to the depth and quality of "Lolita."
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