“Captive” (*** out of four) was a rock-solid melodrama about a teenage runaway (Tori Kostic) who stops in the middle of the woods for help with a man (William Kircher) with delusional mental health issues who holds her captive thinking she’s his long-lost daughter; the rest of the film shows their gradual bond and unlikely developing relationship even as she tries to escape. Uneasy storyline takes a strange turn at the very end but first-rate acting from the two leads command your attention and make this well-worth watching. Similar in some ways to “Boxing Helena” and “Misery” but not as lurid or violent.

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