is there a twist? Of course there is! Unfortunately for me, I worked out what would eventually be revealed in the first ten minutes or so. The acting, from which is mostly an ensemble cast of three, is uniformly sound, particularly from the boys as there emotions are so frequently communicated via facial expressions and gestures rather than words. Lacking any background soundtrack for most the film and any real over-the-top scares, it still has quite a few very disturbing moments especially in the last ten minutes or so. so begins their weird quest to find out the truth, a quest that involves the bizarre, the creepy and eventually the truly horrifying! The tone, style and atmosphere of the piece blend cohesively to create feelings of unease and creepiness from the first frame to the last. They quickly begin to seriously doubt that this woman is actually their mother. However, as far as the boys are concerned, nothing is like it was before she went away. They live with their mother (Susanne Wuest) who has recently returned home from apparent cosmetic surgery and her face is heavily bandaged. The twins are inseparable they are very enigmatic they keep large bugs as pets. It is Summer and in an isolated and beautiful house in the countryside, between woods and corn fields, live nine-year-old twin brothers, Elias (Elias Schwarz) and Lukas (Lukas Schwarz).
The movie too is very typically European in its execution: a leisurely pace in the story telling, very controlled camera movement and the insightful framing of shots. It is plain and simple not that kind of horror film: in many ways it is an intensely creepy psychological-thriller with intense horror moments thrown in. Horror fans that crave in-your-face, major scares in a movie within the genre will be very disappointed with Goodnight Mommy. the trailer somewhat skews the real "character" of the film. The intriguing trailer, blessed with superb editing, got hardcore horror fans majorly "excited". No spoilers! When the trailer for Austrian horror flick "Goodnight Mommy" hit the Internet not that long ago it promptly went viral.
Recent successes include the Oscar-winning “Son of Saul,” Cannes winner “BPM,” and Berlin winner “By The Grace of God.”įounded in 2012, Animal Kingdom has been responsible for some of the most distinctive and acclaimed American independent cinema of the past near-decade, including: “Short Term 12,” “It Follows,” “Paterson,” “It Comes at Night,” “Beach Rats,” and “The Dead Don’t Die.” The Brooklyn-based company’s mission is to elevate singular voices, challenge convention and to make vivid, beautiful and original work.Movie Gems' Review of a modern horror film. It has been a key enabler for movies by Céline Sciamma, Jacques Audiard, François Ozon, Robin Campillo, Naomi Kawase, László Nemes, Claire Denis, and many others. Playtime is a Paris-based hybrid finance, sales and international production company active since 1997 and committed to giving a voice to talents from around the world. Franz and Fiala are repped by WME and Jackoway Tyerman. He is repped by WME, Cinetic Media and Sloane Offer Weber Dern. Sobel’s “Take Me To The River” premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Watts is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
She will next be seen in Phillip Noyce’s “Lakewood” and is currently filming the thriller “Infinite Storm” for Bleecker Street. Watts is a two-time Academy Award nominee, for Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu’s “21 Grams” and, later, Juan Antonio Bayona’s “The Impossible.” She can currently be seen in the TIFF-selected family drama “Penguin Bloom,” the Netflix original based on the true story and best-selling book about a mom coping with the aftermath of a harrowing accident.
I can’t wait to create this heart-stopping story with Amazon and the peerless Naomi Watts,” said Sobel. In our re-imagining of Goodnight Mommy, fear of abandonment - and the dreadful realization that those close to us may not be who they seem - create an immersive nightmare, with visceral sensations front and center. “My favorite films are those that invite the audience to step inside their protagonist’s journey. Their suspicion sets off a roller-coaster of emotional mind games and misunderstandings between mother and her children, that eventually explodes with irreparable and heartbreaking consequences. As her behavior grows increasingly erratic and unusual, the twins become convinced she is an imposter. “Goodnight Mommy” follows twin brothers who, when sent to stay with their mother, are surprised to find her swathed in bandages from a recent procedure.