The Good Mother

The Good Mothers (2023) is a crime-drama series set within the shadowy world of one of Italy's most powerful mafia families. The series explores the complex dynamics of loyalty, betrayal, and survival as seen through the perspective of women tied to the mafia.

While the premise promises intrigue and depth, the execution may not resonate with everyone. Despite its dark and dramatic themes, some viewers may find the pacing or character development lacking, which could detract from the overall experience.

For fans of mafia tales with a focus on personal struggles within powerful families, The Good Mothers offers a unique angle. However, it may not meet the expectations of those looking for a more gripping or fast-paced narrative.

Director Miles Joris-Peyrafitte's decent little crime drama "The Good Mother" is spoiled by the screenplay he co-wrote with Madison Harrison (their second such collaboration) having too obvious a 'twist' and too ambiguous an ending. In 2016 Albany, hard drinking journalist Hilary Swank loses her youngest son (an addict) to an apparently drug-related drive-by shooting - which she gets drawn into investigating with his pregnant girlfriend Olivia Cooke (good) and her other son Jack Reynor (always good) who's a cop (married to Dilone). Facts & loyalties fudge as the simple tale winds to its conclusion, which is ultimately, as said... too ambiguous.

Just because they promote From the three-time Academy Award-nominated producer of The Wolf of Wall Street and Two-time Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank doesn't mean a thing when you hire amateur writers and director.

This entire film was underwhelming, slow and convoluted. The normally comfortable 89 min runtime felt endless with the long dragged out and mostly unnecessary scenes and poor pacing. There were far too many filmmaking mistakes, and director co-writer Miles Joris-Peyrafitte also failed to direct his cast properly, because Swank seemed like she'd rather be somewhere else and call in her lines, than in this mess.

It's not a bad movie, but whether we like it or not there is a style of movie that we are now used to seeing on the big screen and a style of movie that we are used to seeing at home.

Not just the Marvel movies but Horror movies, expensive sci-f films and comedies are more for the theatre atmosphere. The Good Mother feels like the type of movie that I'm deciding whether to pay for when it comes up on my Amazon Prime Video account.

I don't want it to seem like i did not like the movie. It was a good crime drama, that had some pretty good acting. It was a slow drama that went by too fast, but it was a cool story to unravel, and I would recommend paying the money to see it in the comfort of your own home.

Terrible plot, unrealistic behaviors from anyone with a "functioning" brain. Where's the "ending" to this ridiculous movie? Hilary Swank seems to be signing on for "anything" these days.

Every movie should have a beginning, a middle or the "meat" of the story. Then of course, an ending SURE would be nice as well so it can make some kind of sense and have closure. This movie is lacking in so many areas. It doesn't seem finished and as far as I know, there's no PART 2. The title should be "The drunken, terrible Mother". There was nothing GOOD about "Marissa".

Please, do yourself a favor & don't waste your valuable time.