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Mar 05, 2019Punnoval rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Luminita Gheorghiu does a fine job in portraying a dominant "mother from hell". If anything, her relentless dominance of her feckless son is a bit excessive. This one is downgraded because of the rather false ending. Choosing…
Jun 17, 2018
The nasty, little user below, akirakato has recently sent me a private hate message, and it goes like this.... (*quote*) "Hey! How come you've jotted down here my comment from "Dolphin Tale"? Are you stupid or what? An idiot? Insane?…
Jun 16, 2018akirakato rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Directed by Călin Peter Netzer in 2013, this Romanian drama depicts the obsessive motherly love over her deadbeat son who caused a deadly car crash. Although the premise appears quite interesting, the film seems so slow-paced that I…
Jun 10, 2018Faisca rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant and compelling film
Feb 23, 2017ms_mustard rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Mommy uses all her connections and powers to prevent her adult son from taking responsibility for his actions, saving him from prison while manipulating the family that has suffered his injury.
Mar 22, 2016LittleNoName rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I couldn't finish watching it because it was making me angry that she expected to get whatever she wanted...which Im assuming was her son to be free & found innocent of all charges.Makes me ill to know there are people out there that think…
Dec 12, 2015Nursebob rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Filmed without a musical score and using mainly handheld cameras, Netzer’s bitter pill of a movie works on more than one level—it’s no accident that Cornelia’s privileged urban lifestyle contrasts so sharply with the impoverished rural…
bgv69
Oct 01, 2015
This is an sweetened impression of the Romanian society and most of the western viewers have the impression it might be "an event". Most of the time is the NORM, people getting away breaking the law just because they have the connections.…
Sep 12, 2015elpostino rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Honestly speaking, I picked up this DVD based on my impression of another Romanian masterpiece (4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days). The movie is good and worth to be seen, yet it is a bit predictable. It relies heavily on spoken words to…
May 10, 2015Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
When the film first started the use of a hand-held camera and the very talky scenes were about to turn me off. I persisted and wound up watching a very good drama with strong acting and character development. A glimpse into the…
Oct 21, 2014Janice21383 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As usual in this type of film, everything is mommy's fault, even when her son turns out a whiny putz. I had to watch this film with the sound off, for reasons I won't bore you with. It may have enhanced my experience -- and this despite…
Sep 03, 2014runwayman rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Loved this film. Often raw, this intense film grabs you from the start and doesn't let you go.
Aug 03, 2014jimg2000 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
It was a nightmare when a mother got a late night phone call that her only son was in a fatal car accident. What immediately followed were gripping family drama as the mother campaigned inside her upper class circle to influence the police…