'Night, Mother

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Audience Member This is one of the best movies l have ever seen. It had such an effect on my life. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review jon c When is the relationship ever easy between mother and daughter? Based on the play by Marsha Norman and starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft In this story we see a mom Thelma and daughter Jessie combat each other but also bond more than they ever have Jessie tells Thelma she wants to kill herself but first Jessie wants to pack her things up and donate to charity Her depression has pushed her to suicide and her mother cannot comprehend this decision Thelma will try her hardest to sway her daughter This is a really good showcase of two talented actresses working with some powerful material Yes the movie is a lot of bantering back and forth but Spacek and Bancroft shine immensely It truly does explore the roots of suicide and why it escapes us If two people just listen to each other then taking our own lives can be avoided All it takes is simple communication and understanding Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d The acting can't make up for the melodrama. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member If you think that the fact that there are only two characters in the story, that it only has one place where the drama occurs, that is one hr 1/2 long, it will make for a boring movie, you will be wrong and miss out on two great performances! These two female actors are so powerful in their acting, you forget it is acting! One of my favorite movies along with a sister movie with Richard Dreyfuss; Whose life is it anyway? They seem to be stored in a Hollywood closet and key forgotten because of the subject matter I am sure, because the acting and stories are class A. You never see re-runs on tv, ever, of those two movies. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Undeniably one of the best adaptations ever and so well executed by two amazing actresses. The score is so poignant and appropriate and drives the emotion of the audience. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Translating a great play for the screen is not always easy. That is painfully true here. This screenplay still feels like it was intended for the stage -- and no matter how skilled both Bancroft and Spacek are -- the lines they are given simply require both actors to play it all too big for the screen. I do not see how it is possible to lay the blame on these two artists. Ultimately, the blame must rest with the director and Marsha Norman who simply did not do enough to turn her play into a film. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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