My Mistress

A 16 year old boy finds his father's body that just committed suicide. At the church funeral service he discovers his mother had been having an affair. Then a woman moves into the neighborhood that is a professional dominatrix. The boy and dominatrix have a relationship of sorts.

This movie is short on story. The worst problem for me is there are a number of things the characters do that I would never believe would happen in real life. For instance very early in the movie, the boy several times invades the dominatrix's property and personal space, yet she accepts him into her home and gives him a job as gardener/caretaker. I don't think so especially given her occupation. In another very early scene the mother is kissing her adulterer boyfriend at the church right after the funeral service before everyone has left. Are they that stupid or the director thinks we are? There are several other instances that a half-intelligent person would not do. So it's impossible to buy into the characters at all.

Emmanuelle Béart who plays the dominatrix does a poor job portraying the role. I never believed she could have been one. It should be said, that there is very little on camera scenes of S&M, with any slaves or her in action as it were. The trailer and poster make it seem like it was a larger part.

This movie just doesn't say much. The characters are not believable. Some scenes move so slow without moving the story. This is one of the absolute worst movies I have seen in some time. A total turkey!