Rotten
I suppose the relationship is Oedipal or primal or something or other, but mostly it's just an excuse for Dolan to stage a series of gaudy shout-fests.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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Overview
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Director and cast
- Xavier Dolan Director
- Anne Dorval as Diane 'Die' Després
- Suzanne Clément as Kyla
- Antoine Olivier Pilon as Steve O'Connor Després
- Patrick Huard as Paul
- Alexandre Goyette as Patrick
- Michèle Lituac as Director of Correctional Center
- Viviane Pacal as Marthe
- Natalie Hamel-Roy as Natacha
- Isabelle Nélisse as Kyla's Daughter
- Ted Pluviose as Taxi Driver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A story of the combative relationship between a mother and her son filled with delirious swells of effusive love and sudden plummets into madness and hate.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Dolan is able to weave dialogue, camerawork, a fluid yet urgent editing style, and a magpie's ear for pop music into a cinematic world that you can almost hold in your hand before it starts spilling over.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
The movie's overlong, underpopulated and often devastating to watch. But it's told with an uncanny realism, and when it's over you feel shaken and a little sick - and realize that you can finally exhale.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
Mother and son gesticulate wildly but remain undefined; Dolan's blandly showy aesthetic matches the vainly hectic action.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
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