Ma Mère

Just awful, despite the presence of Huppert.

Unsuccessful adaptation. Some of the negative reviews on IMDb are amusing and reading them after viewing the film helps to make the whole experience more worthwhile. A better option, however, would be to re-watch MURMUR OF THE HEART.

can't even fap to it shiiiiii

I'm not really sure what to think of this one.

I have just seen the movie and I have to admit I hate the mother. She made her son into something he did not want to be. If I were the son, I would probably freak out several times during the course of the events in the movie. Why? Because I believe he only wanted to love and be loved which anyone in the world failed to give him.

Mothers and sons, eh? Mothers and sons...

If I'm going to be subjected to watching sex on the screen, I'd prefer it less depraved. And if I'm going to be subjected to a story, I'd prefer it less nonsensical.

I'm sad for to see Isabelle Huppert in this. It's an art rubbish with unrealistic characters. Same art left helpless dog to die, tied to a wall in an art gallery, remember? Realism could be stupid but not that much. * Casting, Acting : 5 * Script : 1 * Directing, Aura : 2 * Ease of Viewing : 2 * Naked Eye : 1

86

"Huppert doesn't turn this object d'cypher role into exactly the sort of gay-son-as-Oedipus tribute that Dan Harris flubbed with last year's Imaginary Heroes." - Eric Henderson

New Extremist cinema, at its best, has a sense of purpose, usually an intensely disturbing one. A sense of purpose, however, is largely what MA MERE lacks. The theme of the innocent drawn into a seedy, dissolute world is nothing new, nor is the relationship between the protagonist and his mother, which goes about where you'd expect. It is pretty well made, however, with some good lines, decent performances, and a few audacious touches (like the ending). Mainly for New Extremist connoisseurs.

In spite of an ambitious level of sophistication, the director fails to deliver any sign of a potent artistic product. Even Huppert disappoints.

Ma Mère eerily perfectly captures the trauma, as well as the intimacy that can come from sex and sexual freedom. I don't believe this movie deserves the amount of bad reviews it has.