Review of Mother and Child (2009) by Raz J — 13 Jan 2011
I didn't like the first half of this movie that much while watching it. It seemed dull, and I'll be damned if I care about these obnoxious, lonely, foul people. The characters grew on me, but they still are never going to find a place among my favorites and this is not a world that I would ever like to revisit.
Annette Bening is great, but nobody else really stood out to me. One other thing that personally kind of irked me, was how much importance was placed on family, like strictly blood ties. I mean, not to sound crass, but do they really matter all that much? I don't think so, at least not in the ideological way presented here.
The film is long and it feels even longer, but that's what makes it work. The film reaches its climax about halfway through the run time. If the ending was rushed, it would feel really contrived and cliched.
The time turns it into something very sweet and tragic. In the end, it's still pretentious crap; but rather human and moving pretentious crap none the less.
This review of Mother and Child (2009) was written by Raz J on 13 Jan 2011.
Mother and Child has generally received positive reviews.
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