Fresh
A troubling film about the need to be wanted.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Mother
It can take a lifetime to feel alive.
2003 · 1h 52m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Roger Michell
Overview
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There is in The Mother a rich understanding of where old age takes you. Along with the myth that seniors don't have sex drives, the film dispels a larger one: that the years bring wisdom.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
It challenges you to figure out how you feel about the people on the screen -- emotionally, intellectually, morally.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The Mother never fails to engage.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Fresh
It sounds like the stuff of soap operas or bad porn, but Kureishi's script is too intelligent and empathetic to titillate.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
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