Tender And Unnerving, 'Lamb' Brings To Mind Lolita
For anyone who's read Vladimir Nabokov's ever-controversial "Lolita," Ross Partridge's "Lamb" will feel like familiar territory. Although the film is based off a different book by Bonnie Nadzam, its story of a man who basically abducts an 11-year-old girl on a journey to America's heartland is gripping, lyrical and unnerving. What makes it so uncomfortable is that the work constantly asks you to wonder about love between a man and a child – and if such a love can ever be something other than morally atrocious.
