Mother, Couch

Name: Mother, Couch
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: July 5, 2024
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Ewan McGregor, Lake Bell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Mar'Ques Woolford

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Film Movement | Release Date: July 5, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Ewan McGregor, Lake Bell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Mar'Ques Woolford, Ozzy Davidson, Penelope Young, Rhys Ifans, Shelby Lee Parks, Taylor Russell

Summary: The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch (Ellen Burstyn) suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches. Reluctantly assembled, her three estranged children – David (Ewan McGregor), Gruffudd (Rhys Ifans), and Linda (Lara Flynn Boyle)The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch (Ellen Burstyn) suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches. Reluctantly assembled, her three estranged children – David (Ewan McGregor), Gruffudd (Rhys Ifans), and Linda (Lara Flynn Boyle) – must figure out how to escape this bizarre predicament. With the help of the store managers, Marco & Marcus (F. Murray Abraham), and their daughter Bella (Taylor Russell) the siblings embark on a mind-bending odyssey that forces them to face life-altering truths about their own lives and upbringing.… Expand

Director: Niclas Larsson

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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The Playlist Charles Barfield

Jul 15, 2024

Mother, Couch is a delightful, sometimes hard-hitting family drama that will stay with you for a long time after you watch. Read full review

Michael Talbot-Haynes

Jul 2, 2024

Of course, we have the magical Mr. McGregor, turning in a nuanced performance that gets into some very raw territory. I knew he had a range, but the depth McGregor travels here is impressive in its specificity. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jul 15, 2024

From start to finish, it’s an original, wholly unpredictable experience. It’s also, by turns, gripping, provocative, head-scratching and disturbing, and is likely to divide viewers with its dreamlike ambitions and metaphorical musings. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 27, 2024

For anybody who relishes performance over “the puzzle,” who gets a charge out of seeing screen legends make Ewan McGregor sweat, Mother, Couch! is worth getting off the sofa for. Read full review

William Repass

Jun 30, 2024

Other than a sort of wistful quirkiness, it’s not clear what Mother, Couch gains by skewing away from a more straightforward, streamlined family drama. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 5, 2024

Burstyn’s character, which the actor plays with her customary expertise, is so utterly disagreeable that viewing the picture is a mostly anxious experience with not much of a reward at the end, which shifts to magic realist mode for lack of anywhere better to go. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Robert Daniels

Jul 5, 2024

After the forced bursts of energy, nightmarish dream sequences, and a strained bit of self-absolution recede, you soon realize that writer/director Niclas Larsson’s “Mother, Couch,” a morose, nonsensical family drama is about as interesting as the lint between the cushions. Read full review

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