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Mother

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Ritesh Mehta IndieWire Aug 27
B-
“Mother” is on a mission that, its bold stylistic flourishes notwithstanding, isn’t ultimately forceful or persuasive... What does come through is Noomi Rapace’s accessible interpretation of Teresa. Go to Full Review
Tim Grierson Screen International Aug 27
Frustratingly, because too much of Mother’s storytelling feels overheated and superficially sensational, Mitevska fails to achieve the bold reconsideration she intends. Go to Full Review
Xan Brooks Guardian Aug 27
3/5
Mother veers on and off the path of righteousness, constantly summoned back to its duties of presenting a faithful, fact-based account of its subject. But it’s at its best and most fun when it plays like a giallo horror movie. Go to Full Review
Sarah Manvel Movies We Texted About Oct 4
Either a fascinating angle to take in a story about a nun, or a ridiculously limiting approach to gendered personhood that has no place in 2025. The great surprise of Mother is that it just about manages to have its cake and eat it. Go to Full Review
Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Aug 28
3/5
[Noomi Rapace] is the main dramatic and artistic support of a film set almost 80 years ago but with a modern (even with a certain feminist imprint) perspective. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Aug 28
2.5/5
This is such a buttoned up character study that it feels more like a riff than an exploration Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Director
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Producer
Sébastien Delloye
Screenwriter
Goce Smilevski, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Elma Tataragic
Production Co
Entre Chien et Loup
Genre
Biography, Drama, History
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 44m