The story takes place in Canada in the near future. The government promulgated a new law. All parents must be responsible for children with psychological problems or send them to a detention center. The protagonists of the film are the middle-aged widow Diane and the son Steve who suffers from attention deficit disorder. Both Diane and Steve have their own personality flaws, and they are not mere victims or villains. Their dialogue is full of gunpowder, occasionally escalated into physical contact, and at the same time faintly makes people feel a kind of intimacy that transcends the norm, but the script does not expand on this point. The protagonist of the film is no longer the middle-class bohemian hippie in Dolan’s previous works, but a struggling working class, struggling but full of hope. The vitality and vulgarity that burst out of the characters at the same time give the film a natural reveal. When a shy, stuttering neighbor, Keira, enters the lives of mother and son, "Mommy" changes from a dualistic balance to a strange triangle world. These three people form a family unit, and each of them is released from their personal confinement, at least temporarily.
Mommy movie plot
2021-12-27 08:01
Extended Reading
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Ima 2021-12-27 08:01:31
The 1:1 frame forces the audience to lock their attention to the eyes of the characters to feel them; the narrow to wide frame is a complete bloom of emotions, touching the never-existing future is a magical touch. Of the five movies, this is the most mature and full-blown Dolan, but at the same time it retains his usual dazzling and pride in the filming and editing. Proud of Dolan's growth. The mother will love her son more and more, but the son will only love her mother less and less...?
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Ima 2021-12-27 08:01:31
Very good movie, the director has a breakthrough
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Steve Després: Remember what dad used to say: "Grab the future by the balls. Fuck the past in the ass".
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Steve Després: Maybe, one day, you won't love me anymore. It's true. It happens.
Diane 'Die' Després: Me... I'll always be there for you. You're my priority.