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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 378577" data-attributes="member: 8">[ATTACH=full]49017[/ATTACH]Last year I watched a film about two young brothers and a mother whose face was completely covered with bandages after (asesthetic) plastic surgery.The story had a feeling of dread and helplessness that really worked - for a while anyway because I don&#039;t remember how it ended.The opening scene in You Are Not My Mother&nbsp;&nbsp; is quite disturbing and I feel that the film struggles to live up to it. There are no surprises to speak of and since the protagonist constantly signals that she is in&nbsp; a nightmarish situation - and yet does nothing to escape it - the dramatic aspect of the story is practically non-existent.There is one little scene about another girl and her&nbsp; mother that was both surprising and touching.The father of that other girl made a comment that seemed significant to me, or actually the fact that he made&nbsp; that comment, but overall there&#039;s no sense of community and this isolates the story of the main characters even further.It&#039;s almost as if someone is watching a film in a film.There are some things in it that reminded me of THE GUARDIAN (1990) starring Jenny &quot;A Woman Of Substance&quot; Seagrove.I wouldn&#039;t say that You Are Not My Mother is a bad film, it&#039;s just not intriguing or satisfying enough.Perhaps it was meant to be watched as an exaggerated version of dealing with depression, or perhaps the hidden message was that the girl was Not My Daughter.Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 378577, member: 8"] [ATTACH type="full"]49017[/ATTACH] Last year I watched a film about two young brothers and a mother whose face was completely covered with bandages after (asesthetic) plastic surgery. The story had a feeling of dread and helplessness that really worked - for a while anyway because I don't remember how it ended. The opening scene in [I]You Are Not My Mother[/I] is quite disturbing and I feel that the film struggles to live up to it. There are no surprises to speak of and since the protagonist constantly signals that she is[I] in[/I] a nightmarish situation - and yet does nothing to escape it - the dramatic aspect of the story is practically non-existent. There is one little scene about another girl and [I]her[/I] mother that was both surprising and touching. The father of that other girl made a comment that seemed significant to me, or actually the fact that he [I]made[/I] that comment, but overall there's no sense of community and this isolates the story of the main characters even further. It's almost as if someone is watching a film in a film. There are some things in it that reminded me of THE GUARDIAN (1990) starring Jenny "A Woman Of Substance" Seagrove. I wouldn't say that [I]You Are Not My Mother [/I] is a bad film, it's just not intriguing or satisfying enough. Perhaps it was meant to be watched as an exaggerated version of dealing with depression, or perhaps the hidden message was that the girl was [I]Not My Daughter[/I]. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. [/QUOTE]

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