Rebecca Hall's 7-Minute Monologue Is a Tour de Force - The Daily Beast

The gripping new horror thriller “Resurrection” features a stunning, one-take monologue from the actress that is one of the most impressive feats of acting you’ll see this year.

Such is the case of Rebecca Hall’s gripping seven-minute, one-take monologue in Resurrection.

Resurrection follows Hall’s character Maggie, a mother and businesswoman who has resigned to quiet life with her daughter, Abbie (Grace Kaufman), who is getting ready to leave for college.

After seeing him twice more in public, Maggie confronts David and tells him to stay away from her and her family.

David’s response is seemingly nonsensical to the audience, but Maggie understands the strange things he says to her perfectly.

Noticing Maggie’s distress, Gwyn says that Maggie ever needs anyone to talk to, she’s a good listener.

Gwyn wants to return the favor after Maggie gave her advice about how to make her feel heard in her own relationship.

And I believed him,” Maggie says, and it’s here where Hall’s voice begins to crack.

Hall’s monologue tumbles into pure, unfettered terror when she starts to detail what happened between Maggie and David when Maggie realized she was pregnant.

When the monologue hits its climax, Hall has slowly worked her gaze up from the floor over the last few minutes and is staring at the camera directly, shedding a tear.

Are they byproducts of the parts of herself that she gave to David in his kindnesses, memories that have been twisted and tainted to take on the face of an even more sinister level of abuse.

But the genius thing about the film, and particularly Hall’s performance, is that it works just as well if you never once question what was recounted in that monologue?

Over two decades later, the untenable horror of what Maggie went through has sunken deep into her bones.

The twists that Resurrection takes after Hall’s monologue, particularly its confounding ending, lend themselves to more debate.