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Overall Rank: 511
Average Rating: 3.3/4
# of Ratings: 15
Theatrical Release Date: 09/19/2014
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/28/2015
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Alexandre Goyette, Patrick Huard
Plot: A single mom's drama about raising her son, who's behavior deteriorates into violence, due to a mild mental illness. -- travincal
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Stilisiert
cinegeek.de - wrote on 03/11/2016
Alles wirkt entschlossen gewollt und pervers stilisiert - so sieht die fünfte Regie-Arbeit des Wunderkindes Xavier Dolan aus. In Cannes von den Kritikern gefeiert, lohnt sich ein genauerer Blick, um festzustellen, was Mommy in Wahrheit darstellt: Einen Hype. Der 25jährige Regisseur Xavier Dolan hat sich eine öffentliche Persönlichkeit zugelegt, die so anbiedernd wirkt, dass er als Antwort des Kinos auf Justin Bieber gelten darf. Hier die Geschichte von Mommy (sofern es eine ist): Diane (Anne Dorval) ist heftig geschminkt und geschmacklos gekleidet. Allein ihr Schlüsselbund wirkt wie eine Sammlung von Kitsch aus verschiedenen Epochen. Diane raucht Kette und ist wahrscheinlich auch Alkoholikerin. Und sie ist schlagfertig (obwohl sie einen Akkzent hat, den fast niemand versteht). Diane …
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Film making at it's best
Matthew Brady - wrote on 07/03/2015
You know what sucks? I already did my top movies of 2014 list, now if I only watched this movie before making the list this would have made the list easily. Well I got something to learn next time.
The story is about a single mom's drama about raising her son, who's behavior deteriorates into violence, due to a mild mental illness.
I first took interest in the film Mommy just because of the hype and the positive praise it got from the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and the amount of awards it won from the Jutra Awards and Canadian Screen Awards for best Foreign Language film, but not a Academy Award for Foreign Film at the Oscars. Since I am watching more Foreign Language films and searching the ones that got high ratings or just the ones that may interest me, because I'm taking a break …
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