I Killed My Mother
2009, Drama/Biography, 1h 36m
23 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
I Killed My Mother's raw, blunt coming-of-age narrative marks an impressive debut for filmmaker Xavier Dolan. Read critic reviews
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Cast & Crew
Chantale
Hubert Minel
Antonin
Julie
Hélène
Éric
Critic Reviews for I Killed My Mother
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (4)
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Dolan's vision, however distracted, remains strong ( ... ) As a writer, director, producer, and actor, he throws himself into the film's disjointed spaces, highlighting the ways in which multiple and contradictory states can be inhabited simultaneously
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As a director, Mr. Dolan has a freewheeling style, and he's self-dramatizing enough to want to call attention to it without being too much of a visual show-off.
March 13, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
This just might be as close as we'll ever get to seeing "Catcher in the Rye" on the screen. Truly hilarious.
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Uneven but funny and audacious adolescent comedy from a talented beginner.
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There's much to praise, especially the oh-so-real dialogue, but true psychological penetration is lacking and Dolan's hunger to prove his talent results in a superfluity of styles.
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If the attention Dolan pays to his character's struggle with the paradox of loving his mother without actually liking her feels remarkably honest, his style of shooting feels anything but.
March 12, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4
Audience Reviews for I Killed My Mother
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Apr 25, 2015La fin est dà (C)cevante un peu :(Marc-André B Super Reviewer
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Apr 24, 2015No, Hubert Minel(Xavier Dolan, who also wrote and directed) did not kill his mother, Chantale Lemming(Anne Dorval). That was something he wrote for a high school writing assignment. That does not make her any happier when she finds out, though. However, after things calm down, which is a relative state for this normally bickering pair, she offers to let him get his own apartment at the age of 16. But once he does find an apartment very much to his liking, she reneges on the deal. "I Killed My Mother" is a movie about communication between two people who have trouble expressing themselves to each other. As far as Hubert goes, he is at an age when he is just starting to define who he is and who he wants to be and does not feel supported by his mother. As far as Xavier Dolan goes, he shows promise as a director, especially in his use of two-shots. But ironically enough he has trouble communicating with the audience about his specific point of view. To quote Hubert's teacher(Suzanne Clement), who talks to their mother like this? Which is a question the movie never satisfactorily answers.Walter M Super Reviewer
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Feb 17, 2014A remarkable film from an 19 year old. Insightful and unflinchingly critical. Beautifully shot.Christian C Super Reviewer
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Feb 02, 2013I think I'm late to the party. Took too many years to finally decide to sit down and watch a Dolan movie, the young director prodigy from Quebec - my very own country - and I have to admit that the little fucker is extremely talented. He's going to do great things.Hugo S Super Reviewer
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