Macabre to the core, what starts as a jovial evening with past friends quickly becomes a bleak yet almost too relevant look at the world in catastrophe. Not what I expected, and really enjoyed the slow reveal of what was truly happening. Some of the messages here will probably be interpreted differently now after everything that has happened in the real world, but as a dark drama comedy, this is a hit.
do yourself a favor and watch this movie I'm not going to spoil it for everybody else trust me it's a good movie you will love it
So clearly here nobody likes, or did notice it is a black comedy, It's even on descriptions of various sites.. Critics and I think the poster itself implies that, the slogan... Bah.
I loved it. BIG surprise to find (find! She's the actress of my adolescence!) she was... Winona! Even in that big close up that she has when he's talking about symmetry of faces...
Then I finally did.
Understand why I liked it so much. That type of banter is hard to keep up without being a beat or the public.
Two neurotics taken from a unknown Woody Allen movie and put together to do their thing. Or try, and be impossible with one another.
It's a boy!
EDITED FOR TYPOS AND ADD SOME THINGS ON SECOND VIEW
Sorry not my first language
He'd rather have Kristin Stewart than Blake Lively? Give me a break!
Like:
- Artistic and Beautiful Cinematography
- Creepy and disturbing sequence of events
- Solid character performances
- Heavily based on metaphors and symbolism which allows open ended discussions
Dislike:
- Might turn out many viewers due to its complexity
Plot Complexity:
Complex
Flow: (Act 1, 2, 3)
Great flow
Movie Facts:
Throughout the entire movie, no one's name is ever mentioned and not a single character is ever referred to by any name, the way they are listed in the end credits is by their given role in the story.
SoundTrack:
Fact: There is no musical score for the film, and not a single bit of music appears in the film whatsoever until the end credits, where "The End of the World" plays covered by singer Patti Smith.
Some plots might not make sense but the script for the father is perfect lol
Moral of the story
- use an iPhone instead of android phone
- ‘jailbreak’ is a term used for ios. For android we say ‘root’
- using drugs properly can trick the demon
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I love seeing Octavia Spencer doing something different. Diana Silvers was great. Some ok teen drama stuff and the third act is good with a few ridiculous moments.
I found the first movie to be surprisingly good. Goofy and fun. This one lived up to the standard.
Also ... Mélanie Laurent looks gorgeous in a Sari.
I love how this movie has split people down the middle. Boring and pretentious? Or is it a work of art? I err on the latter, but it's certainly not for all tastes. People have talked about the film as a Biblical allegory. That may have been the director's point, but to be honest, the theology within the film is a little confused. Still, there are moments that are spellbinding, a real waking nightmare for the mother of the title, and while overly bizarre at times, it was still beautifully made. Not perfect then, but still a treat for the patient viewer, especially those looking for something out of the mainstream. More like this please.
80% was decent but they Netflixed it for their Millenial audience and the ending was so aweful that it ruined the whole movie for me. That's why I prefer HBO shows - they are for adults and don't need ridiculous, unrealistic over-acting or over-writing to keep their audience edutained till the end.
Imagine dying and not having anything better to drink than Coca-Cola.
Adam Driver turns in yet another quietly brilliant performance as Daniel Jones, the man commissioned to report on the illegalities of the CIA after 9/11. An impassioned film, and one which sheds light on a piece of American history that I hope will never be repeated.
This was very good at some points, but it's mainly one hour and forty minutes of resisting the urge to book a plane ticket to America to track down and punch James Corden in his insufferable, irritating face.
And no Paul Rudd? They got irrelevant guests like Lady Gaga, BTS and Justin Bieber but not Paul Rudd? Aisha Tyler? Cole Sprouse?
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It's not because your lead actress is amazing that your film is, too.
Aubrey Plaza owns her role like a used tattoo and turns in what will probably be my favorite performance by an actress in 2020, but all of that is sucked into the void that is this film.
Watching a director who's married to an actress make a movie about a director's dysfunctional relationship with an actress doesn't feel like watching a movie to me. It feels like I'm watching a stranger's therapy and that's a lot less interesting than I would've thought.
Why did I decide to watch it? I liked the premise. And I like some of Soderbergh's movies (but not all).
Baseline score: 6
Watchability. Will I ever watch it again?
-1 I seriously doubt it
Emotions. What did I feel?
0 Nothing special. It definitely was not scary.
Characters. Was there someone I was rooting for?
0 No
Story. Did I like it?
0 As I've said I liked the premise. But the premise was "is she crasy or not". And that question was answered almost immediately. And then there was no mistery. Instead we got a psycho and a rotten system.
Picture. Was it beautiful?
0 Nothing special
Music. Do I remember it? Do I want to buy the soundtrack?
0 No
Final score: 5
The first 3/4s of Mother! impressed me for its visual aspect but frustrated me as regards the story... but then came the final 10 minutes. At the end of the film things fall into place and a lot of the symbolism is explained. I'm not saying I understood everything, but I got the main points, which was more than satisfying for a first time viewing.
As for the haters out there... Why is it when David Lynch makes an artsy film that's difficult to follow everyone applauds his audacity, yet when Darren Aronofsky does it, then it's suddenly pretentious shite? Seriously, who goes to a Darren Aronofsky film expecting "House at the End of the Street"? Have they not seen Black Swan? Aronofsky is known for his think pieces, and here we are made to think to the background of stunning imagery and thoughtful filmmaking. If you want to hate a film for not being accessible, take it out on Enemy or Under the Skin, but leave my Mother! alone.
I'll echo another reviewer here - we need proper grown up films and I don't want to criticise one that is just that.
But for me, as a whole entity. Meh.
Murphy's acting was fine, not outstanding. Emily Blunt didn't hit the mark. RDJ was solid. The rest did well with what they had I suppose.
I didn't like the pacing and I wasn't a fan of how it sought to tell us it knew more than the viewer does.
Let me paraphrase that... Nolan works best when he nods at perhaps knowing more about characters than we do (does Bruce Wayne survive? Does the spinning top keep spinning?) and fails when he underestimates the viewer and preaches that he is superior (tenet, oppenheimer).
3 hours for all this. Not worth it.
When I read the blurb I thought to myself "This sounds like a groundbreakingly boring film"
I can now confirm: it is
Late Night: A new hire's professional relationship with her boss, filmed like a rom-com. Mindy Kaling is charming but this overly politically correct remake of The Intern meets The Devil Wears Prada doesn't bring anything new to the table and doesn't start any dialogues. If it were a real chat show it'd be canceled mid-season.
It’s okay. Nothing remarkable. It was entertaining but anything horror-like as shown in the trailer doesn’t come until the third act of the movie. Everything up to that is build up. If you’re here for gore and plenty of it then look elsewhere. If you want some entertainment and don’t mind throwing $10 out then see it. I’d say wait until you can rent it to watch it. It will be better if you don’t spend above $5 to see. Still, it is not a terrible movie or anything. Just nothing new. One good thing is that there’s a reason for Ma doing what she does instead of just being another random, forgettable killer. So there’s that at least.
It has an engaging approach that turns an environmental drama into a Christmas dark comedy. The mixture of genres does not fully achieve balance, but when the script focuses on the third act, it builds a final part that is very emotional, and that makes us reflect on the importance that only five minutes can have. Lorne Balfe does an outstanding job, composing a Christmas soundtrack that hides large doses of irony.
Predictable but fun. Basically, it achieves what it sets out to do.
Wry, smart and very, very funny. The cast and writing is brilliant but Patricia Clarkson's gloriously cynical character is definitely the highlight. Just marvellous.
Filmed just ten years after their closure, this is one of the earliest cinematic glances ever taken at the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, and it pulls no punches. Harrowing stills and snippets of film from the height of the genocide are interspersed with long, lingering shots of the overgrown concrete shells left behind, while a stirring narration pulls the audience into the victims' shoes. It's terribly difficult material, but the sensitive, carefully written voiceover frames things in a way that's honest and factual without feeling aggressive or exploitative. That French vocal track moves quickly, so I had trouble keeping up with the subtitles on a few occasions, but considering the breadth of observations it crams into a very short running time, I think that's forgivable.
Extremely dark, heavy, emotional stuff that shouldn't be forgotten, my only qualm is with the absurdly cheery, generic stock music that fleshes out the background in a few scenes.
A promising premise gone rotten, that even stellar performance can't save.
Very well-writen and beautiful movie. I'm impressed. And 'Summer Wine' by Nancy Cinatra and Lee Hazelwood made this movie even better.
The only movie which I'd want to rate with more than 10 points.
"I'm not asking you to leave, I'm asking you to fucking drink this fucking paint with me."
There was some stuff in here that I really liked, but considering it was a 3-hour movie, there simply wasn't enough stuff that I liked for me to rate this highly. I spent most of the runtime uninterested and bored with what was going on.
Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode star in the subversive dark comedy Silent Night. On the eve of an impending ecological disaster a family gathers for one last Christmas. The film is surprisingly political, dealing with themes of environmentalism, medical ethics, and euthanasia. But the filmmakers do a good job at keeping the focus on the characters and never let the political issues overshadow them. Still, the plot is underdeveloped and leaves a lot intentionally vague or unaddressed. Also, the humor is rather morbid and crass; what little there is. A provocative and controversial film, Silent Night explores some interesting issues, but can be kind of trite and overly dramatic at times.
