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I Killed My Mother Reviews
French coming of age film that centers on a young man's relationship with his over bearing mother. I didn't personally identify, but it was decent storytelling.
This is the film debut of award winning international director Xavier Dolan and one of the most complex and honest portrayals of a contentious parent/child relationship that I have seen. Apparently Dolan wrote the semi-autobiographical screenplay when he was 16, which explains the authenticity of the words as well as the frustrating lack of communication between a mother and son who simultaneously are unable to love and unable NOT to love each other. Both Dolan and Dorval are sensational here, each of them beautifully conveying the contradictions of their characters and each alternately receiving our condemnation and our empathy. My only minor quibble is a subplot involving one of Dolan's school teachers. Though well played by Suzanne Clement, I could never figure out whether her intentions were wholly noble or somewhat predatory - perhaps both. I really loved this movie and consider it as yet another example of foreign films more willing to take chances and dive into subject matter that most American movies don't or won't touch.
El director es muy bueno, llevado a la pantalla grande los problemas maternales, al igual que "mommy" esta película narra los problemas de un chico con su madre. Siento que este fue el prototipo para mommy del 2014. Me encanto las escenas improvisadas, la trama tan dolorosa por el hijo al no saber como hacer para amar a su madre, y la madre no saber como amarlo. Las metáforas dextro de la cinta son tan visibles y tan tristes que te llegas a identificar. Las actuaciones improvisadas, en sí toda la película lo es, se siente tan casera que por eso la aclaman demasiado, por ende no tiene mucha producción, es tan inquietante la historia que quisieras meterte en ella y ayudar a los personajes.
Alright, so Xavier Dolan was rude and horrible to his mam. Got it.
Xavier Dolan gives in this, his debut feature, a messy melodrama with irritable charachters and lack of a clear way to go after the childish crying. It is not as transgressive as Dolan thinks it is. It is not as absorbing as I was told it was. It does not offer anything new in any level, turning too quickly into a perfect help to sleep during the long, cold winter nights.
hello, i found this movie so interesting; I don't know what else to say but Xavier Dolan is a brilliant actor and director of how he see things, the atmosphere of the movie is great overall a masterpiece within my hear..
I've seen some films from Xavier Dolan before, and this, his first, might be the one I liked more! A lot of good ingredients! A coming of age with some sad moments and some hilarious one, a bit of poetry, good music and all around great storytelling! Chapeau!
An amazing debut for Xavier Dolan as a director. A heart-breaking story mixed with great performances from Anne Dorval and Xavier Dolan himself, makes this movie a masterpiece.
love it, he was so young and handsome and talented.
Dolan begins his career as a filmmaker with his right foot. For his young age and experience as director and actor, he clearly leaves evidenced a clean and elaborated work with this excellent film. "J'ai tué ma mère" is autobiographically narrated by Humbert, (Xavier Dolan) who is a 16-year-old who has to deal with the difficult relationship between him and his mother, which is increasingly degraded, submerging into a stage full of quarrels, arguments, cries, compassion and "love", if that's what it can be called, because behind this word, Dolan provides a discourse of what he thinks about the subject. To this is added the difficult stage that he goes through due to his lack of maturity and the search for his identity. The tragedy that he writes, directs and interprets at such a young age, manages to position himself in a mention in Cannes, as well as in other festivals which he really deserves. The character he plays, qualified as empty, immature, rebellious and foolish is very well built, and this does not throw the film to the edge because it is possible to detect all the speech behind each actor and each of their performances because hanks to tat, the film is well constituted, going beyond the "hipster" and " indie " styles which today reign in the minds of young directors, mainly European and Canadian, in which ambitious resources and other quite risky are used as it is the mixture of artistic resources such as photographs, music, lights and painting. The film is far from being bad, but quite the contrary, because the story is biting, it is petulant and manages to inspect very deeply the painful feelings of the current teenage generations, filling spaces that sometimes we do not understand.The film is full of honesty and the character Smart-House of which Dolan seems to be already engaged, makes the audience meticulously judge the characters, especially the young man and his mother, as well as their relationship, since although it is highly contradictory, this is no more than the answer to how the human being behaves in that sense, having a good penetration in the psychology of the protagonists that is reflected in such talented dialogue, in which it can be perceived the perfect balance within the language that has a subtle humor, and a more than satisfactory drama that although it does not move at all, it is really very intense and discovering. 86/100
Brilliant, I loved it. The music remained me of 'In the mood of love' movie. For all the poetry involved and the whole interesting plot this is just a great movie.
Impressive directorial debut from also writer and star Xavier Dolan. A complex and sensitive issue explored in an accomplished manner by the cast, especially Dorval in the maternal role.
It is essential to note that this film was made by an 18 year old man. Highly stylized and visually astute, this movie may slip off the rails but it is often an amazing cinematic experience. The dialogue between mother and rebellious young adult is painfully realistic. It is probably more tied to the director's youth and inexperience that it all ends up being a bit over-wrought. Yet it can be denied that the film's situations would be experienced with a great deal of angst and passion. "I Killed My Mother" is an amazing example of a great film artist in process of mastering his skills. He may over reach and gesture a bit too much, but this is clearly an unrestrained work of a great filmmaker about to happen.
This is what cinema should be more frequently. Dolan proves to be quite a performer, a storyteller and a cinéaste. That this is his debut (at age 20) makes him all the more impressive.
Xavier Dolan's debut and probably the reason of much of his fame. I saw brilliant "Mommy" a while back and was utterly impressed. This is a film that is very close to it, but still something else. Hubert is at odds with his mom. He is 16 and studies art. She is a pain in the ass for him as they just fight and manipulate all the time. There is loads of love here, but it's under the shade of hate. Things does not get much better when the mom finds out about Huberts sexuality. This is known as a semi-autobiographical story and I absolutely buy that. The story is as powerful as it is beautifully shot. Fantastic acting and the film never feel flat. It's hard to look away from the film. Intense and down to earth, typical but stil an original story. Xavier was only 16 when he wrote the script and 20 years old when he directed it. This is a fantastic debut in most ways. I still got "Mommy" as a favorite of his, but this comes close and is only the second film I've seen from the young master that seem to be one of my favorite directors at the moment. 8.5 out of 10 car lifts.
A deep and thoughtfull exploration of relationships coupled with great dialogue and amazing acting make for a film that easily showcases Dolans talent and makes great statements towards his future endevours.