Masterful, genius, sophisticated, gruesome, engaging and wrongly defined. GOODNIGHT MOMMY is an Austrian movie that has built up quite the hype to its name. A mother who returns home to her twin boys' following a face reconstructive surgery or something of sorts is acting peculiar. The children; don't take to this well. They are overcome with the notion that this person in the house in their mothers' body isn't really their mother. They want their mommy back. It is clouding to decide whose side the onlooker would be on since I constantly kept on swapping my opinions as the movie progressed. Written unambiguously to generate doubt in the viewers' mind GOODNIGHT MOMMY by far is a slow burner. It is tough to form opinions as the Austrian writers/directors Severina Fiala & Veronica Franz constantly reinvent the flow of direction almost every ten minutes. What really happens in this bizarre foreign motion picture is entirely subjective (as are most productions), however it certainly will be in my books as one of the most unorthodox and perplexing movies for the lovers of thriller for 2015.
What possibly then ruined this movie for me? Easy. I was expecting horror. Solely based on the trailer and the genre specifications it is categorized beside. There isn't anything horrific about GOODNIGHT MOMMY, not even in the faintest of form. In fact this indeed will be utterly disappointing if one expects to be petrified out of their skins, as do most horror junkies. I didn't get my dose of horror high I was seeking for, my nerves failed to crawl under my skin as they do. Instead GOODNIGHT MOMMY was a mind bender, a guessing game, it was concentrated mystery with a slight pinch of thriller as the minutes ran out.
99 minutes of sheer artistry is what this is all about with some profound work done by the two boys (Twins in real life) Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz that will bring to mind a David Dorfman like performance in his early days. Gripping portrayals of the twins is what will entice you. So watch out.
I wouldn't go out of the way for such work but indeed commendable for a debut effort at the directors' seat.
TITLE: GOODNIGHT MOMMY DIRECTED BY: SEVERINA FIALA & VERONICA FRANSZ. STARRING: LUKAS SCHWARZ, ELIAS SCHWARZ & SUSANNE WUEST RATED: R RATING: 05/10 RUNTIME: 99 MINUTES
What possibly then ruined this movie for me? Easy. I was expecting horror. Solely based on the trailer and the genre specifications it is categorized beside. There isn't anything horrific about GOODNIGHT MOMMY, not even in the faintest of form. In fact this indeed will be utterly disappointing if one expects to be petrified out of their skins, as do most horror junkies. I didn't get my dose of horror high I was seeking for, my nerves failed to crawl under my skin as they do. Instead GOODNIGHT MOMMY was a mind bender, a guessing game, it was concentrated mystery with a slight pinch of thriller as the minutes ran out.
99 minutes of sheer artistry is what this is all about with some profound work done by the two boys (Twins in real life) Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz that will bring to mind a David Dorfman like performance in his early days. Gripping portrayals of the twins is what will entice you. So watch out.
I wouldn't go out of the way for such work but indeed commendable for a debut effort at the directors' seat.
TITLE: GOODNIGHT MOMMY DIRECTED BY: SEVERINA FIALA & VERONICA FRANSZ. STARRING: LUKAS SCHWARZ, ELIAS SCHWARZ & SUSANNE WUEST RATED: R RATING: 05/10 RUNTIME: 99 MINUTES