Naomi Watts in Goodnight Mommy. Pic credit: Amazon Studios
Goodnight Mommy sees Naomi Watts as Mother, a single mother investing her energy into two sons– Elias (Cameron Crovetti) and Lucas (Nicholas Crovetti)–following a facial procedure.
The film presents the narrative from the perspective of the children as they return to their mom who now wears a medical mask over her face for undisclosed reasons.
Nothing is concretely communicated except “mommy needed a tune-up.”
And as the two sons, Elias and Lucas, get reacquainted with Mother, things about her just seem different.
She is more aggressive, short-tempered, and she refuses to engage in the motherly activities she used to do for them.
The optics make Mother seem like an actress going through a midlife crisis and someone wanting to be done with their children. But just like the 2014 Austrian movie this was based on, there are far more troubling aspects hiding underneath the family dynamic.
Goodnight Mommy sees Naomi Watts as Mother, a single mother investing her energy into two sons– Elias (Cameron Crovetti) and Lucas (Nicholas Crovetti)–following a facial procedure.
The film presents the narrative from the perspective of the children as they return to their mom who now wears a medical mask over her face for undisclosed reasons.
Nothing is concretely communicated except “mommy needed a tune-up.”
And as the two sons, Elias and Lucas, get reacquainted with Mother, things about her just seem different.
She is more aggressive, short-tempered, and she refuses to engage in the motherly activities she used to do for them.
The optics make Mother seem like an actress going through a midlife crisis and someone wanting to be done with their children. But just like the 2014 Austrian movie this was based on, there are far more troubling aspects hiding underneath the family dynamic.
- 9/16/2022
- by John Dotson
- Monsters and Critics
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