Ma Mere Critic Reviews
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Based upon 8 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Yet another stylish exercise in depravity in which Huppert floats through the sordid proceedings in a calm haze. If only the film she inhabits was as sexy as it aspires to be.Read the full review
Degrading, disgusting and depressing.Read the full review
Involves such a disturbing blend of unhealthy mother-son affection and physical pain that it gives new meaning to the term child -- not to mention audience -- abuse.Read the full review
110 minutes of Euro silliness mitigated only by the presence of Huppert and the striking ability of the actors to keep a straight face throughout this mess.Read the full review
Ma Mère, while less prudish than Catherine Breillat's dour deconstructions of sex, is also less competent. It winds up making incest look absurdly swank.Read the full review
Director Christophe Honore's respectable, tightly coiled, but ultimately unrewarding adaptation of Georges Bataille's posthumous novel.Read the full review
Ma Mère may be ludicrous, but its cast displays a commitment that deserves more than grudging admiration.Read the full review
Isn't for the kiddies. It probably isn't for anyone not interested in the darkest corners of the human psyche.Read the full review
