I'm not sure what's going on in this film, but it does grip you because the characters are well-defined and the acting is terrific.

| Aug 3, 2024

From start to finish, it’s an original, wholly unpredictable experience. It’s also, by turns, gripping, provocative, head-scratching and disturbing, and is likely to divide viewers with its dreamlike ambitions and metaphorical musings.

| Jul 16, 2024

Mother, Couch captures something real about family and aging, but it remains unsatisfactory.

| Jul 9, 2024

Burstyn’s character... is so utterly disagreeable that viewing the picture is a mostly anxious experience with not much of a reward at the end, which shifts to magic realist mode for lack of anywhere better to go.

| Jul 8, 2024

I’m sure someone will find solace in a film attempting to emulate the angst that occurs when you have unresolved issues with your terrible parents. But “Mother, Couch” seems just as unresolved and just as terrible.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 5, 2024

Other than a sort of wistful quirkiness, it’s not clear what Mother, Couch gains by skewing away from a more straightforward, streamlined family drama.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 30, 2024

In narrative films, surrealism is a tool that services character, story, and themes, and if those elements are bland then the surrealism can only do so much.

| Sep 18, 2023

Though Larsson builds from the increasingly existential dilemma in striking ways, “Mother, Couch” finds itself caught running in place before grasping for sentimentality in its final minutes.

| Sep 16, 2023

A collection of intriguing pieces that mostly sit there unassembled or out of context, their potential unfulfilled.

| Sep 14, 2023

Could Larsson be the new Ari Aster?

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 10, 2023

Larsson’s skill as a director increasingly outpaces his ability as a writer and the film is visually involving even when it’s narratively alienating.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 10, 2023