![]() ![]() It’s absolutely embarrassing that the assault of any person, let alone an old woman at the behest of her own son, form the central and supposedly comedic action of two-thirds of an entire movie. Straight up just by physical force and manipulation. ![]() And I don’t mean by trying to trick her in some attempted comedic way. Rather, they repeatedly lie to the old woman and attempt to forcibly take this photograph. There’s no playful or humorous aspect to the characters’ quests for this photograph. And while the movie has its funny moments, especially with Margaux, (it is meant to be a comedy after all), every last decent moment is overshadowed by the perverse and downright shameful way it does choose to advance its plot. Alas, Dear Mother delivers neither, choosing instead to make both of the women in Jean-Lous’ life insufferable while engaging in no introspection. Alternatively, this could be a total farse of a film with crude humor galore. It could be a really deep story, perhaps about finding meaning in life or relationships again, about doing what’s best for yourself even if it means ending a long marriage, or even more intensely, an examination of the psychology of a man who marries a woman who looks remarkably like his abusive and distant mother. On paper, this could be the recipe for two things. At the urging of his wife and with the support of his best friend Michel ( Vincent Macaigne) he goes to see a guru ( Nicole Garcia) who insists the only way she can help him start his heart again is by taking an analog photograph of his mother’s ( Hélène Vincent) genitals. It gets worse though when he finds one day that his heart has stopped beating. Jean-Louis isn’t exactly having a good time with life these days, what with a failing relationship with his wife Valérie ( Karin Viard) and his total morose. Dear Mother (L’origine du Mondeis) a French-language Netflix Original film directed by and starring Laurent Lafitte based on the play by Sébastien Thiery. ![]()
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