- MOVIE
- 12:01 PM, Mar 29
this Canadian film has been described as an emotional horror show. It'll shake you, that's for damn sureby Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
the same elements that have endeared or alienated viewers of Dolan's previous films are all here in Mommyby Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]
Mommy is defiantly a movie for the here and now, something so immediate, its very form resembles Instagram photos or smartphone videosby Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
boasting dynamite performances, "Mommy" excels as a confrontational, compassionate melodrama about the anguishing dilemmas of caretaking. It's a revelationby Graham Fuller [NY Daily News ]
"Mommy" (which shared the Jury prize at Cannes last year) can be exhausting; the structure and plot rhythms are all over everywhere. A montage to "Wonderwall" (every last note of it) seems to sum up the movie; too much, but exhilarating all the sameby Farran Smith Nehme [New York Post ]