I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive

Name: I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
Genre: Drama
Released: September 2, 2011
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 73

2011

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 2, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: Based on a true story, I'm Glad My Mother is Alive explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching Thomas finds her single, with a small child, living in a nearby suburb andBased on a true story, I'm Glad My Mother is Alive explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching Thomas finds her single, with a small child, living in a nearby suburb and introduces himself. Traumatized by years of emptiness and longing for his mother, he starts an ambiguous relationship with her (part courtship, part obsession) which slowly drives him to an act of madness. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

Director: Claude Miller and Nathan Miller

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Stephen Holden

Sep 1, 2011

I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive is anything but the clichéd fantasy of a blissful mother-child reunion. Although there are hints of joy once they reconnect, the wounds are too deep, and the characters too complex. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Sep 3, 2011

The first half of I'm Glad My Mother's Alive effectively inhabits a child's mind in a manner that recalls Maurice Pialat's marvelous 1968 debut "The Naked Childhood." Read full review

Sam Adams

Aug 30, 2011

Barely 17 when she had Thomas, she's more like a peer than a parent, enough so that their uncomfortable relationship starts to take on a smattering of sexual tension. There's a nagging vagueness to this aspect of the movie, one that's difficult to square with the opening claim that it's based on real events; at a certain point, you may wonder which events they mean. Read full review

Alison Willmore

Aug 31, 2011

Until the film takes an abrupt, annoyingly melodramatic late turn, the Millers handle Rottiers' character with great delicacy, aided by strong lead performances and a refusal to show Rottiers' adopted home as either idealized or seriously lacking. Read full review

Bill Weber

Aug 29, 2011

An understated--and at times, clinical to a fault--Oedipal drama of long-simmering resentment and familial love's ambiguities, I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive risks bringing chilly subjectivity to sensational raw material. Read full review

Joe Dziemianowicz

Sep 2, 2011

Based on a true story, co-writer/director Claude Miller ("A Secret") gets points for using a bit of narrative sketchiness to good effect. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Aug 30, 2011

Despite the clumsy script and a shaky acting partner, Cattani, at least, is fascinating to watch, never demanding audience sympathy. Read full review

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