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My Zoe

Play trailer 1:53 Poster for My Zoe R 2021 1h 40m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Isabelle, a single mother raising her only daughter, takes matters into her own hands after tragedy strikes.
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Storytelling isn't My Zoe's strength, but the depth of feeling that writer-director-star Julie Delpy brings to her characters helps offset this drama's flaws.

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Nell Minow AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
It is a challenge to combine blistering scenes between hostile exes and thoughtful explorations of medical ethics, but writer/director/star Julie Delpy brings it all together. Go to Full Review
Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture 08/11/2021
My Zoe is a strange, moving picture about how we process grief - or, in some cases, fail to - but it's also a powerful and complex exploration of scientific, emotional, and familial ethics. Go to Full Review
David Stratton The Australian 06/18/2021
3/5
The hostility between Isabelle and Richard has to be contained in these challenging circumstances, which only adds to the stress and unhappiness. Delpy handles these scenes with a delicate skill... Go to Full Review
Susan Wloszczyna AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
Delpy is casually mesmerizing and naked with her feelings in a way that only a handful of actresses could ever achieve... Go to Full Review
Sandie Angulo Chen AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
Regardless of whether audiences agree with Isabelle's decisions, they will likely empathize with this portrait of a mother in despair. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Merin AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
Always at the heart of My Zoe's heartbreaking angst and that surprising genre shift is the ever powerful love of the mother - brought to life with sensitivity and subtlety by Delpy - for her daughter. Go to Full Review
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Nov 10 Beyond boring the idea is great but it's so slow to slow to even keep interest nothing really happens the acting and dialogue are meh at best and none of the characters are all that interesting or likeable the idea of the mom cloning her dead daughter is fun to bad that doesn't happen until the very end that should have happened after Zoey is put into a coma over all I can not recommend this boring film hell I'll forget about it by tomorrow See more MCMLXI X Jul 9 This is one of the most pointless and boring films I have ever seen. I spent the entire film waiting for it to get going - for something meaningful to happen - it never did. The two main characters are the stereotypical portrayal of exes in conflict - nothing interesting at all. See more Daniel G 09/23/2022 It seemed almost like 2 movies - a slow drama focusing on a family tragedy, a fast-paced Black Mirror-like scifi that ultimately generates false hope. Though it was a well-done character study that obviously was a work of love for Julie Delpy - lead protagonist, writer and director, it was just not wholly satisfying, See more mark d 10/03/2021 Julie Delpy wrote, directed, and stars in this subtle yet moving story of a mother's undying love for her daughter. She plays Isabelle, a brilliant researcher living in Germany. She's going through a difficult divorce while having an affair with another man. One day her daughter Zoe, who she dotes on, becomes ill and ends up in the hospital. There's no explanation for what happened to her, and she goes into a coma. Both she and her ex husband are devastated when their beloved daughter dies. While her husband thinks they need to move on, Isabelle saves a bit of Zoe's skin and is determined to have her cloned. This sounds futuristic, but the way the story is told, it could actually happen today. I got totally sucked into the story and found the acting brilliant. Although it's slow paced, there's an undercurrent of tension that kept me glued to the screen right until the end. See more 03/04/2021 After trashing the sacrifices of motherhood in Before Midnight, Delpy celebrates the institution, albeit in a twisted, modern way that declares my body and my life are my own, even though I had nothing to do with bringing it into existence. Not up to her previous work. See more 02/07/2021 This was poorly executed and drowning in expository, dragging dialogue. We only saw it through to the end because we found the writing and Delphy's performance so ridiculously humorous. Made us in the mood to watch Tommy Wiseau's The Room! Shame! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Isabelle, a single mother raising her only daughter, takes matters into her own hands after tragedy strikes.
Director
Julie Delpy
Producer
Dominique Boutonnat, Hubert Caillard, Malte Grunert, Andrew Levitas, Gabrielle Tana
Screenwriter
Julie Delpy
Production Co
Magnolia Mae Films, Electrick Films, Baby Cow Productions, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, Amusement Park Films, Metalwork Pictures
Rating
R (Sexual Reference|Brief Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 26, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 25, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$52.7K
Runtime
1h 40m
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