JD Duran InSession Film Aug 2, 2024

The final act of this film is simply some of the best filmmaking I saw in all of 2015...

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Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Jun 22, 2023 3/5

Mommy ratifies Dolan's immense talent, his ability to intensely direct actors and his tireless creativity, but also his capriciousness and superfluous aesthetic, which often make him lose focus of what is essential. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alex Denney NME (New Musical Express) Apr 22, 2021 4.5/5

...for all of Steve's livewire energy, the hero of Mommy is never in doubt. Anne Dorval is simply amazing as the indomitable Die...

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia Jun 26, 2020 8/10

Let's say it's a movie for all the broken families in the world who have the illusion of being perfect. [Full review in Spanish]

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Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Aug 8, 2019

Nno actress this year came close to matching the ferocious performance in Mommy by Anne Dorval...

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Hanna B Film Threat Aug 6, 2019

Mommy is doubtlessly a true modern masterpiece.

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Tom Bond One Room With A View May 31, 2019 5/5

A few false endings weaken Mommy's power and Pilon can annoy as much as he entertains at times, but the technicolour energy present onscreen is one of the most electrifying things this year.

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John Bleasdale CineVue Apr 4, 2019 5/5

Dolan is a director who thinks hard about the possibilities of cinema and explores them with verve and ingenuity, but it is in his latest film that everything has come together.

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Bernard Boo Way Too Indie Mar 19, 2019 8/10

It's overwhelming, powerful, and bracingly sincere, though my initial reaction was that turning down the dials a bit (it's 139 minutes of fierce family drama) may have served it well.

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Ren Jender Bitch Flicks Mar 8, 2019

This film kept surpassing my expectations by keeping its focus on [Anne Dorval's Diane] and not the one who would be the main character of any other film: her at turns charismatic, obnoxious and violent 15-year-old, blonde son, Steve.

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PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro Nov 10, 2018 2/5

Dolan's weakness is that beneath the razzamatazz, he's saddled himself with a straightforward narrative, thus his artillery merely serves the purpose of hammering home subtext

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Rosalynn Try-Hane Battle Royale With Cheese Aug 22, 2018

... for some this film will be drama with a capital D and a little too much but for me it epitomises what film making truly is: storytelling, imagery and engaging the viewer's heart and mind from start to finish.

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Zhuo-Ning Su Berlin Film Journal Aug 3, 2018

The film is altogether likable and tugs at heartstrings because it openly aims for them and, of Dolan's films to date, it's the most eager to please. But it underwhelms for the very same reasons.

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Uri Klein Haaretz Jan 12, 2018

All three of the leads do excellent work, but Anne Dorval is especially stunning. I won't resort to the cliché "larger than life" to describe her performance, because nothing is larger than life in Mommy - except for life itself.

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Alistair Ryder Film Inquiry Oct 11, 2017

The fact that this unusual film not only works, but is one of the best of the year, is conclusive proof that Xavier Dolan has joined the top tier of directors.

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Betsy Sherman Arts Fuse Aug 8, 2017

Xavier Dolan's film gets under the skin, and stays there.

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Peter Labuza The Film Stage Jun 6, 2016 C-

In Mommy, Dolan has essentially stunted his work, speaking both figuratively and literally.

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James Mottram South China Morning Post Apr 6, 2016 4/5

Mommy forces you to give in to its relentless energy. Dolan conducts it with gusto, leaving us with a cathartic reckoning with his own demons.

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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley Rip It Up Jan 1, 2016 2.5/5

It's perhaps a never-seen-before technical stunt that's deeply intriguing, seriously cinematic and impossible to discuss without giving it all away.

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Sherilyn Connelly SF Weekly Dec 31, 2015

Xavier Dolan's Mommy is an endurance test even by the standards of miserablist drama.

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