Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Young Mothers

Play trailer 1:29 Poster for Young Mothers In Theaters Jan 9 1h 45m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
95% Tomatometer 39 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Verified Ratings
Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.
Coming Soon In Theaters Jan 9 Reserve Tickets

Cast & Crew

View All

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Director

Luc Dardenne

Director

Elsa Houben

Julie

Babette Verbeek

Jessica

Janaina Halloy

Ariane

Lucie Laruelle

Perla

Critics Reviews

View More
Danny Leigh Financial Times Aug 28
5/5
The great advantage of filmmakers as clear-eyed as the Dardennes is knowing they aren’t soft-soaping you when hope does appear. A further blessing is a film this quietly profound, about doing the right thing, or trying at least.  Go to Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times Aug 27
4/5
The strain of absent fathers, generational addiction and the cycle of poverty are carefully countered by resilience, love and the flicker of youthful possibility. Go to Full Review David Hughes Time Out Aug 21
4/5
Brings nothing new to the Dardennes’ canon, but there’s comfort in the familiarity of their methodology. They’ve always had a knack for coaxing tremendous performances from even the youngest of actors, and the cast here is uniformly excellent. Go to Full Review Alan Zilberman Washington City Paper Dec 8
Raw emotion defines the untrained actor’s performance and offers a reminder of what the Dardennes can achieve when their unique storytelling method reaches its high point. Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending Nov 22
B+
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne have crafted an intense, gritty and authentic film that’s worthy of Ken Loach...this isn’t a doom and gloom sit, as the Dardennes choose themes of resilience and hope over desperation and destitution. Go to Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies Nov 13
4/5
It’s a vital, humanistic work that captures the wounds of the past, contradictions of the present, and fears of the future. Not the grandest film of the year, perhaps—but quite possibly the most essential. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
View All

Young Mothers

Young Mothers: Trailer 1 Young Mothers: Trailer 1 1:29 View more videos
View All

Young Mothers

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.
Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Screenwriter
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Les Films du Fleuve, The Reunion, Archipel 35
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 9, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 45m