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Mother

Mother

1996 · 104 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.8 (99 votes)
Dir. Albert Brooks · Starring Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Lisa Kudrow, John C. McGinley, Rosalind Allen · Music Marc Shaiman

“No one misunderstands you better.”

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A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

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A deeply uncomfortable yet strangely resonant dive into familial obligation and creative paralysis. It’s a film that feels like a half-remembered dream, filled with awkward silences and profound emotional undercurrents. A raw, introspective experience.

melancholicawkwardwrynostalgicunsettlingslow-burndramedycharacter studyarthousefamily dynamicscreative strugglemidlife crisisidentity
writer's blockauthorsibling rivalrynovelistneuroticaspiring writerdivorced manreturn homestarting overreturning to rootsjealous brothermother son relationshipdominant motherbrother brother relationshipsoul searching
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