The Good Mother

Name: The Good Mother
Genre: Thriller
Released: September 1, 2023
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Cliff Ware, Dilone, Frank Alfano, Hilary Swank, Hopper Penn

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: September 1, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Cliff Ware, Dilone, Frank Alfano, Hilary Swank, Hopper Penn, Jack Reynor, Karen Aldridge, Katie Lynn Johnson, Norm Lewis, Olivia Cooke

Summary: After the murder of her estranged son, journalist Marissa Bennings (Hilary Swank) forms an unlikely alliance with his pregnant girlfriend Paige (Olivia Cooke) to track down the killers. Together they confront a world of corruption and drugs in the seedy underbelly of a small city in upstate New York. As they get closer to the truth, theyAfter the murder of her estranged son, journalist Marissa Bennings (Hilary Swank) forms an unlikely alliance with his pregnant girlfriend Paige (Olivia Cooke) to track down the killers. Together they confront a world of corruption and drugs in the seedy underbelly of a small city in upstate New York. As they get closer to the truth, they unearth an even darker secret.… Expand

Director: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Josh Kupecki

Aug 31, 2023

Much as he did with his 2016 feature debut (at the age of 23), the love-triangle drama As You Are, Joris-Peyrafitte tells this story with welcome subtlety and a keen attenuation to his actors. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Aug 28, 2023

Credit Joris-Peyrafitte for creating the dark, grungy world of the movie, and for making it compelling enough that you don’t want to flee it immediately. You may not want to revisit it — this is not the sort of movie that demands repeat viewings — but “The Good Mother” is a perfectly fine film. Read full review

Rex Reed

Sep 1, 2023

Not a bad film, just a dull and inconsequential one. here today and gone tomorrow. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Aug 30, 2023

A disappointing and murky mess of a film that feels like an uncompleted project and leaves the viewer frustrated, despite the gritty visuals and a game lead performance by two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Aug 30, 2023

The plot, in which Swank is given little more to do than guzzle Costco-size bottles of liquor and mope, proceeds in somewhat somnambulist fashion, generating surprisingly little suspense even when Paige confronts a suspect whose identity has been telegraphed throughout the film. This comes as a disappointment, at least for viewers who have watched a movie or two before. Read full review

Screen Rant Patrice Witherspoon

Sep 1, 2023

Though The Good Mother contains great talent like Hilary Swank and Olivia Cooke, the predictable formula holds it back from saying something meaningful. Read full review

Peter Travers

Sep 1, 2023

Hilary Swank looks like she’d rather be anywhere else than starring as a journalist and grief-stricken mother in this overblown, undercooked drug drama about America’s opioid crisis that makes its scant running time of 89 minutes feel like a torturous eternity. Read full review

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