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Goodnight Mommy

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When twin brothers (Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti) arrive at their mother's (Naomi Watts) country home to discover her face covered in bandages--the result, she explains, of recent cosmetic surgery--they immediately sense that something doesn't add up. She sets strange new house rules, smokes in her bathroom, and secretly rips up a drawing they gave her--things their loving mother would never do. As her behavior grows increasingly bizarre and erratic, a horrifying thought takes root in the boys' minds: The sinking suspicion that the woman beneath the gauze, who's making their food and sleeping in the next room, isn't their mother at all.
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Naomi Watts is as talented as ever, but this Goodnight Mommy remake has no real reason to exist.

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Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) This is not nearly as intense or terrifying [as the original]. Sep 19, 2022 Full Review Robert Levin Newsday This is not a bad movie but it's so relentlessly grim that it's hard to recommend. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 19, 2022 Full Review Stephen Romei The Australian It is not as shocking as the original, directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, but it is still a dark psychological thriller. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 16, 2022 Full Review Julian Singleton Cinapse While Watts does get plenty of time to showcase her range as both a villain and a tragic heroine, this adaptation of Goodnight Mommy fails to capture the patient brutality that pinned audiences to their seats nearly 10 years ago. Jul 11, 2025 Full Review Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan (Medium) Goodnight Mommy certainly has more misses than the original movie. There are some scary moments, but the overall tension of the original movie isn’t present in the remake. Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Shannon Connellan Mashable The remake dilutes the most shocking, violent elements of the original, in a way that reduces the film to a rather stale few hours of emotional and physical torment that underuses Watts' talent. Jul 28, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Devin C Deeply deeply unsatisfying and predictable, left me with a deep sense of annoyance. The only "horrifying" thing about this movie is the fact that I lost 92 of my life to this, what a joke. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/07/25 Full Review Gustavo R Acho que o filme tentou trazer a vibe do filme "Os Outros". A idéia é boa mas sinto que foi mal construida, não dá margem para uma interpretação prévia antes do plot twist final. A desconstrução narrativa demonstra que parecem eventos próximos, mas não. Nem a morte deles fez sentido apenas no final e não faz jus a o filme original que ao menos mostra a evolução do personagem Elias (o menino traumatizado dá indícios do inicio ao fim de uma pscopatia causada por trauma), nesse Remake? não, só entendemos no final, não há nenhuma evolução do personagem. Achei bem fraco. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/22/25 Full Review Christopher H None of this plot made any sense. Even looking back on any of the beginning this was straight poop. Even to hint that she was the villain isn’t even fair. Waste of an hour and a half. Blah Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/21/25 Full Review GAME M Much better than the original, especially the tone and pacing. The acting of the twins and Naomi Watts is extraordinary. The ending is always disappointing though. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Ricardo d Embora temos Naomi atuando divinamente, e as crianças até não estão ruins, impossível não comparar com o original. Culpo um pouco o roteiro pela qualidade inferior. Um filme esquecível. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review Berneido M ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When twin brothers (Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti) arrive at their mother's (Naomi Watts) country home to discover her face covered in bandages--the result, she explains, of recent cosmetic surgery--they immediately sense that something doesn't add up. She sets strange new house rules, smokes in her bathroom, and secretly rips up a drawing they gave her--things their loving mother would never do. As her behavior grows increasingly bizarre and erratic, a horrifying thought takes root in the boys' minds: The sinking suspicion that the woman beneath the gauze, who's making their food and sleeping in the next room, isn't their mother at all.
Director
Matt Sobel
Producer
V.J. Guibal, Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Joshua Astrachan, David Kaplan
Screenwriter
Kyle Warren
Distributor
Amazon Studios
Production Co
Playtime, Animal Kingdom
Rating
R (Some Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 14, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2022
Runtime
1h 31m
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