The film "Mom" is a faulty poetic horror that compares favorably with modern genre patterns. The budget of the paranormal project about orphans raised by a ghost amounted to $ 15 million. As a result, box office revenues reached $ 150 million. Such success of the directorial debut of Andres Musketti can be explained by the cash-cunning PG-13, however, according to the experts of the cinema, the picture is an artistic value and is a quality product. The rating of the tape is IMDb: 6.20, while the reviews “Mom” (2013) are mostly positive.
Plot. Tie
The beginning of the film “Mom” in 2013 introduces the viewer to the background of the main events. Jeffrey, unable to cope with the shock caused by the onset of the financial crisis, shoots colleagues, rushes home, kills his wife, takes his daughters - five-year-old Victoria and one-year-old Lilly - and rushes along a snowy road to no one knows where. At one of the sharp turns, the car flies into a ditch and crashes into a tree. A man and miraculously surviving girls wander through a snowy forest into an abandoned hut. There, a completely desperate father decides to commit suicide and daughters. Fortunately for the little ones, a certain entity intervenes in what is happening, which, having finished with Jeffrey, becomes their mother for them over the next 5 years. So begins the film "Mom" (2013). Description of the film will continue the chain of subsequent events that occurred after the discovery of feral orphans.
Intrigue
As it turns out, the little ones actually forgot how to speak and walk. The oldest Victoria quickly recovers the simplest skills, but the youngest Lilly ignores the benefits of civilization and continues to run spider-like. Lucas, brother of his father who has gone mad from the reels, is being taken custody of his nieces (Nikolai Koster-Waldau from Game of Thrones). A psychiatrist is interested in the case - Dr. Dreyfus (Daniel Kash). He decides to watch the adaptation of the orphans. Lucas is given a house in which he and his girlfriend Annabelle (Jessica Chastain) will be able to live with children. In return, Dreyfus receives permission to conduct weekly sessions with the girls in order to monitor their condition. However, soon the essence returns to the children, the ghost does not intend to give his daughters to the people. After he sends Lucas to the hospital, Annabelle will have to fight for the girls. To fully describe the plot of the film “Mom” (2013) means resorting to spoiler. What will be dishonest in relation to the viewer who did not watch the horror. We can only say with confidence: idylls and a happy end in the traditional sense should not be expected.
Grown out of a short
Almost all critics begin their reviews of the film "Mom" (2013) with the history of its occurrence. The picture could not have happened if it were not for Guillermo del Toro, who initiated the shooting of the tape after watching the short film by Andres Musketti. The short film “Mom” consists of one three-minute scene in which two girls try to avoid meeting a nightmarish creature wandering around the house. Between themselves, they call the essence of "mother." A longtime fan of Howard Lovecraft, del Toro admitted that this project was the scariest thing he had ever seen. The eerie scene created by the Argentinean director looked like it was cut out from some equally eerie full-length horror movie. When del Toro found out that he was not in nature, he immediately invited Musketti to create it. At the same time, an outstanding filmmaker slightly controlled the process, I do not fundamentally interfere with the creative delights of the debutant.
Advantages and disadvantages
Reviewers among the advantages of the film “Mama” (2013) in the reviews indicate the intriguing plot, the exemplary camera work of Antonio Riesstra and the professionalism of the unexpectedly dark-haired and tattooed Jessica Chastain, convincing in the image of a member of a rock band. Her Annabelle is not ready for motherhood, even the role of a carer for two at least behaving strangely girls is a burden to her. But later, the restraint of the heroine is replaced by care and tenderness. The authenticity with which all the transformations of her heroine Chastain conveyed is worthy of the highest praise.
Most of the shortcomings include a demonstration of a "surrogate mother." According to experts, at this moment skillfully pumped suspense disappears somewhere. And in the future, the picture becomes a standard mystical horror, the narrative of which contains a couple of “sharp” frightening moments with a completely predictable denouement that takes place nearby of the same cabin in the forest. By the way, almost all the reviews for the film “Mom” in 2013 contain information that the main character, the same mystical entity, was successfully played by male actor Javier Botet.
Quality product
According to reviews and reviews, the film “Mama” (2013) surpasses traditional stories about tricks of aggressive ghosts by head. This is a full story about the interaction of two worlds like the “Labyrinth of Faun”. The difference between the two paintings is that in the work of del Toro, Gothic romanticism in the appropriate surroundings in every possible way resists the real world, while Musketti is shocked by the viewer that every second can compare himself with the screen characters. Now it’s clear to every movie fan that the caption “Guillermo del Toro presents” is the guarantor of a quality product that will surely appeal to lovers of the other world.
Foreign criticism
Many authoritative Western media outlets included Andres Musketti's “Mom” in the selection of the best films of 2013. They justified their choice with the cinematic literacy of the director, his special visualization style and the beautiful play of young performers Meghan Charpentier and Isabelle Neliss. Also praise was awarded to adult performers. According to cinema experts, they played with feeling, due to which the pulse is felt in the horror.
Among the bright features of the project, critics also pointed out the similarity of certain elements with the Japanese horror, the presence of black and even evil humor.
Viewers in the reviews stated that "Mom" is nice to watch and wants to review. In the light of such trends, Universal was planning to play a sequel on the success of the film. But the director was categorically against this venture. Since 2013, Musketti has not shot new paintings, although he received a lot of offers. In 2016, he took up the production of the It’s dilogy, and is now working on a movie adaptation of the manga “Attack of the Titans” for Warner.
Domestic project
In anticipation of the release of the brainchild of Musketti, the premiere screening of the Russian almanac film, commissioned by the movie company Enjoy Movies, took place. Among the Russian films “Moms” (2013) stand out for their sincerity. Sentimentality and kindness in the eight movie novels staged by different directors just rolls over. Events unfold on the eve of March 8. The telephone network was malfunctioning, but it was vitally important for eight men to congratulate their mother. While watching, it seems that the creators for the most part tell the stories of those who are respected and loved. This is a movie about our mothers who raised and released their children into a huge world, despite the pain in their hearts, this is the beauty of the project. Almost all famous and sought-after domestic actors of the present play in the picture.
Acting Ensemble
All eight stories are organically intertwined with each other, in no one for a second is the logic of the narrative lost. This, of course, emphasizes the creative abilities, talent of each director. Each of the performers involved in the creation demonstrated outstanding acting skills. Fedor and Ivan Dobronravovs in tandem with Marina Golub pleased with an extraordinary comic gift. Dmitry Dyuzhev, Maria Shalaeva, Nina Ruslanova, Liya Akhedzhakova, Gosha Kutsenko showed themselves brilliantly. A note of drama was brought by the works of Egor Beroev, Sergey Bezrukov, Ravshana Kurkova, Mikhail Porechenkov, Alexei Gorbunov and Ekaterina Vasilyeva. Nobody faked, the acting ensemble looks flawless and exemplary organically.
If you are scared and upset by the Musketti horror, turn on the movie “Moms”, the picture will certainly cheer you up, give you a charge of vivacity and optimism.