She tells the boys that she wants them all to be friends again. The Second Half (off the rails): Mommy comes home again, but without her mask. But then of course, what started as a great film sputtered and died. At this point, I was thinking that Goodnight Mommy was a unique, harrowing tale about an impostor controlling the life of two helpless children, sort of like a reverse Changeling. It seemed, at least at the time, that she was punishing Lukas for some unknown act and trying to separate the twins by showing affection to one and not to the other. What really got me was her emotional and physical abuse of the children. So much about her is human, but just enough is not Additionally, Mommy’s secretive, jerky movements make her seem like an otherworldly alien. Mommy’s eyes, nose, and mouth are all visible, yet the boys cannot tell for sure whether she’s their mother or not. The usage of the mask is key they could’ve let it slip or played it too much like a caricature, but they really emphasize the power that a few well-placed methods of disguise can have against facial recognition. The cinematography is blooming with color and sleekness, but there is so much silence (they live in an isolated Austrian town) that all the beauty seems unnatural. I was genuinely freaked by the first half and loving every minute. She loves to cook, yet orders a year’s worth of frozen pizzas, and she’s treating them in a way their mother never would. The boys are suspicious of their mother’s identity. The boys find a cat and hide it underneath the bed, but when they come home one afternoon they find it dead behind the furnace. Mom won’t talk to Lukas or feed him or clothe him and slaps, manhandles, and verbally abuses Elias whenever he mentions him. The boys try to play along, but things continue to grow worse. The situation becomes rocky as Mom lays down the ground rules: no visitors, no loud playing, and keep the blinds shut. Even though the word is “mom”, and they give her simple clues like her profession and the fact that she has two sons, she can’t guess her word. The operation isn’t fully explained, but we learn that it is for “cosmetic purposes.” The boys play a game like Hedbanz where they write a word on a card and tape it to their mother’s forehead for her to guess. When she returns, they see that her face is covered in eerie bandages. The First Half (on the rails): Twin brothers Lukas and Elias play while their mother is away.
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The first half of the movie delivered this premise, amazingly well I might add, but half-way through, the movie completely went off the rails and changed into something completely different. This premise really excited me because first of all, an “impostor” story can be really scary if it’s well done, and secondly, I love movies that revolve around masks. Her actions provoke a sort of war between her and the children, hence the shot of one of the boys shaving a stick into a crossbow bolt. Two young boys are suspicious of their mother after she returns home after undergoing a lengthy cosmetic procedure.
*Spoilers ahead*įrom just watching the trailer, this is what I thought the movie would be about. Goodnight Mommy joins the genre of other foreign horror films with English adaptations, including the highly acclaimed Let Me In based on the 2008 Swedish horror film Let the Right One In, which itself was based on a 2004 Swedish novel.So first of all, this is one of the most intriguing and cleverly edited trailers of all time.Īnd the reason I say that is because the movie implied in the trailer is completely different from the actual movie. “ Whether fear of abandonment, or the dreadful realization that those closest to us may not be who they seem, our re-imagining of Goodnight Mommy aims to create an immersive nightmare, with visceral sensations front and center.”
“ My favorite films are those that invite the audience to step inside their protagonist’s journey,” Sobel told the outlet. Upon its release in 2014 at the Venice Film Festival and 2015 in home country Austria, the film earned rave reviews from critics for its captivating plot, dark and moody atmosphere and chilling pace. Trailer: Prepare Yourself for Goodnight Mommy When she comes home, her face is completely bandaged and nothing is like before, and while Lukas is initially pleased with the more relaxed atmosphere of the house, Elias remains suspicious and doubt begins to creep into both of their minds. Goodnight Mommy follows nine-year-old twin brothers Elias and Lukas in a lonesome house in the countryside as they await their mother’s return from her cosmetic surgery.
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