Miller’s Girl—Jenna Ortega’s controversial movie about an inappropriate relationship between a student and her much older teacher—has made a surprising early exit from Netflix’s Top 10 U.S. Movies chart.
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Miller’s Girl:
The R-rated psychological drama debuted on Netflix on April 26, about three months after a brief U.S. theatrical run. Ortega’s fans quickly embraced the film on Netflix—the streaming home of the actor’s hit series Wednesday—and it leaped into the No. 5 slot on the streamer’s Top 10 U.S. Movies chart for the week of April 29 to May 5.
In Miller’s Girl’s Netflix U.S. Top 10 debut, the movie finished behind Anyone But You at No. 1, which was followed by The Judge, Unfrosted and The Great Wall.
Miller’s Girl stars Ortega as Cairo Sweet, an 18-year-old high school senior who embarks on an inappropriate relationship with her literary teacher Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman). The film attracted controversy because of the large age gap between Ortega and Miller’s characters and the provocative way they interact with each other.
Freeman tackled the controversy in a recent interview with The Times of London in late April, saying Miller’s Girl was “grown-up and nuanced”—but was cautious to point out, “It’s not saying, ‘Isn’t this great?'”
The Netflix original romantic comedy Mother of the Bride topped the U.S. movies chart for the week of May 6-12, but Miller’s Girl dropped out of the Top 10 completely.
