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Movie critics combined give Mother, The (2004) a score of 2.9376 out of 4
based on (25) reviews
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Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Reid is stunning here. ...read the complete Mother movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
The screenplay bluntly faces anxieties of aging that are rarely voiced in the movies, and it is too hard-headed to offer comfy palliatives. ...read the complete Mother movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Director Roger Michell (''Notting Hill'') conveys some of the sharpest insights into the woman buried beneath the wife and mother in those early scenes, using ragged, vérité-style camera work that takes merciless inventory of a certain stripe ...read the complete Mother movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Self-absorption is the vice of all these characters. That, not sex, is their sin--and Michell, Kureishi and their fine cast show this with a lucidity that cuts to the bone, a candor that draws blood. ...read the complete Mother movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
In reality, it's messy in the way that life is, and with a rare and welcome obstreperousness. ...read the complete Mother movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jennie Punter)The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jennie Punter)
The complications of its story are found in the deep complexities of emotions and family relationships. ...read the complete Mother movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jennie Punter)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Finally, we have found ourselves in a movie where the characters are free to blunder, even if it means turning their backs on us. There's powerful liberation in that, all around. ...read the complete Mother movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
You may not enjoy The Mother (I certainly didn't), but it's a movie so heavy on truth, its spell cannot be denied. ...read the complete Mother movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Mother, The (2004) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Dennis Lim)Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
By turns expansive and astringent, The Mother is a portrait of a woman who, with the dazed courage of someone finally awakened to the world after decades of passivity and repression, keeps on walking. ...read the complete Mother movie review at Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
 
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Overall Rating:
2.6800
Mother, The (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
2.9376
Mother, The (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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