A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
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- 58 wins & 65 nominations
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- TriviaMost of the film is presented in a 1:1 aspect ratio, where the "viewing area" of the screen is a perfect square.
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Steve Després: We still love each other, right?
Diane 'Die' Després: That's what we're best at, buddy.
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Written and performed Craig Armstrong
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A powerful well-acted and brilliantly directed film which may never reach the audience it deserves ... and that is because of the "elephant in the room."
Some auteurs, possessed of a single vision, will "paint" their story against an unusual backdrop to make it stronger. That backdrop can be anything from the emptiness of space, to the time of a past world war, to an imaginary future to a village in a country that never existed.
Such is the magic of film.
MOMMY uses the backdrop of French Canada. In its own way, with its own unique history, as exclusive and remote location as the one Sandra Bullock found herself in when her shuttle was damaged.
Everything about the film deserves attention, even the bizarre use of an exceptionally tight Aspect Ratio -- other reviewers have heaped praise on this bizarre affectation, but the TRUTH is that audiences around the globe will be on the phone with Tech Support 3 minutes after the credits roll, trying to figure out what just happened to their $5k home theatre system...?
The film is not only shot in French Canada but is one of the only so-called "mass appeal" films from Quebec to unleash that unusual Quebec dialect to the max (a dialect so obscure that even tourists from Paris France have trouble with it) and actually parade it, like a badge of honor, from scene to scene.
And therein lies the agony and the ecstasy.
As the earlier reviews show, Canadians in particular will look (listen?) past this and patiently seek the cinematic rewards therein. For them this is not a problem -- they have been trained to do this from birth, it is now part of their DNA.
Viewers from other parts of the globe may not be as forgiving, however, and this creates both paradox and dissonance. And limits the ambit of the film's true audience.
Which is a pity. Quel dommage.
Some auteurs, possessed of a single vision, will "paint" their story against an unusual backdrop to make it stronger. That backdrop can be anything from the emptiness of space, to the time of a past world war, to an imaginary future to a village in a country that never existed.
Such is the magic of film.
MOMMY uses the backdrop of French Canada. In its own way, with its own unique history, as exclusive and remote location as the one Sandra Bullock found herself in when her shuttle was damaged.
Everything about the film deserves attention, even the bizarre use of an exceptionally tight Aspect Ratio -- other reviewers have heaped praise on this bizarre affectation, but the TRUTH is that audiences around the globe will be on the phone with Tech Support 3 minutes after the credits roll, trying to figure out what just happened to their $5k home theatre system...?
The film is not only shot in French Canada but is one of the only so-called "mass appeal" films from Quebec to unleash that unusual Quebec dialect to the max (a dialect so obscure that even tourists from Paris France have trouble with it) and actually parade it, like a badge of honor, from scene to scene.
And therein lies the agony and the ecstasy.
As the earlier reviews show, Canadians in particular will look (listen?) past this and patiently seek the cinematic rewards therein. For them this is not a problem -- they have been trained to do this from birth, it is now part of their DNA.
Viewers from other parts of the globe may not be as forgiving, however, and this creates both paradox and dissonance. And limits the ambit of the film's true audience.
Which is a pity. Quel dommage.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,494,070
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $473,882
- Sep 21, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $13,156,856
- Runtime2 hours 19 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1:1
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