Ma Mere,(Meine Mutter),(My Mother) (2004)
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 37
Pretentious, overly perverse and dull.
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 15
Pretentious, overly perverse and dull.
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An attractive widow finds her attentions turning to her teenage son in a troubling manner in this drama from France. Pierre (Louis Garrel) is a moody 17-year-old who is spending the summer with his parents at their summer home in the Canary Islands. While Pierre isn't especially close to his father (Philippe Duclos), he enjoys a warm relationship with his mother, Hélène (Isabelle Huppert) -- almost too warm, as her affection for him subtly strains the boundaries of typical familial behavior.
Cast
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Isabelle Huppert
Hélène, Hélène, H?l?n... -
Louis Garrel
Pierre -
Emma de Caunes
Hansi -
Joana Preiss
Rea -
Jean-Baptiste Montagut
Loulou -
Dominique Reymond
Marhe -
Olivier Rabourdin
Robert -
Philippe Duclos
Father -
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All Critics (50) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (38) | DVD (10)
A self-satisfied, utterly hollow Bacchanal.
Top Critic110 minutes of Euro silliness mitigated only by the presence of Huppert and the striking ability of the actors to keep a straight face throughout this mess.
Probably isn't for anyone not interested in the darkest corners of the human psyche, where sexual annihilation is the only response to a fallen world, where all moral bets are off, and where a boy's worst friend is his mother.
[The climax] involves such a disturbing blend of unhealthy mother-son affection and physical pain that it gives new meaning to the term child -- not to mention audience -- abuse.
It could stand as Exhibit A for why French auteurs are a tough sell to the average seeker of entertainment.
The translation from the highly literary to the literalness of film isn't easy and too often, Ma Mère feels like a parody.
Eurotrash at its trashiest worst.
Most of the screenplay consists of meandering and inebriated characters talking just as high-falutin'.
Strictly for people who see French films solely for the promise of seeing Louis Garrel's penis.
This sexually messy, religiously infused film is a perfect example of the dregs of European cinema.
Glazed-over looks, naked flesh, inane philosophizing, and sand dunes announce that we're in Antonioni-land, circa Zabriskie Point.
Ma mère could easily be mistaken for the latest anhedonic embarrassment out of Canada
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Foreign Titles
- My Mother (Ma mere) (DE)
- My Mother (Ma Mere) (UK)
The ending is terrific and the perfect conclusion to the story. Absolutely superb, a film I think only French could have the audacity to do... I hope European Cinema gets more protection so that we can keep watching these master pieces, otherwise we'll just have to stay dumb watching the main pop corn stream...