Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- awkward
- witty
- intimate
- quiet evening
- arthouse movie night
What critics said
Critics find the telepathic honesty premise moderately engaging, with Julia Jentsch's performance standing out amid uneven characterization and limited comedy.
What sets it apart
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Marielle's telepathy exposes her parents' private thoughts, desires, and insecurities within the household.
The unrestricted flow of private knowledge disrupts parental relationships and alters behavior at home and work.
Marielle's discoveries shatter her idealized view of Julia and Tobias as she encounters their adult contradictions.
Telepathy complicates ordinary family life while producing consequences in the parents' personal and professional worlds.
Films like What Marielle Knows, and why
Thelma
shares a supernatural premise used to expose family tensions, private desire, and uncomfortable truths
The Kids Are All Right
shares a domestic ensemble structure centered on emotional dishonesty, relationship strain, and family secrets
The Invention of Lying
shares a speculative comedy built around the destabilizing consequences of radical, involuntary honesty
A Separation
shares an intimate family drama where concealed desires and competing loyalties erode an idealized household
Movie Details
- Director
- Frédéric Hambalek
- Release Date
- 2025-04-17
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (13)
Cast
- Laeni Geiseler
- Julia Jentsch
- Felix Kramer
- Mehmet Ateşçi
- Moritz von Treuenfels
- Sissy Höfferer
- Victoria Mayer
- Nadja Sabersky
- Franziska Hackl
- Marion Mitterhammer
Common questions
- What is What Marielle Knows about?
- A telepathic twelve-year-old turns her parents’ hidden desires and insecurities into an unavoidable family crisis.
- What is What Marielle Knows like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What Marielle Knows as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is What Marielle Knows violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in What Marielle Knows.
- What did critics think of What Marielle Knows?
- Critics find the telepathic honesty premise moderately engaging, with Julia Jentsch's performance standing out amid uneven characterization and limited comedy.
- Which films are like What Marielle Knows?
- Films with a similar feel include Thelma, The Kids Are All Right, The Invention of Lying, and A Separation.
- How long is What Marielle Knows?
- What Marielle Knows runs 86 minutes.
