You Are Not My Mother

Name: You Are Not My Mother
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: March 25, 2022
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Aoife Spratt, Carolyn Bracken, Florence Adebambo, Hazel Doupe, Ingrid Craigie

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: March 25, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Aoife Spratt, Carolyn Bracken, Florence Adebambo, Hazel Doupe, Ingrid Craigie, Jade Jordan, Jordanne Jones, Martin O'Sullivan, Miriam Devitt, Paul Reid

Summary: It’s the week before Halloween. Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss.It’s the week before Halloween. Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening, as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family in order to uncover the truth behind her mother's disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever.… Expand

Director: Kate Dolan

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Bobby LePire

Mar 31, 2022

You Are Not My Mother burrows underneath the nerves and stays there. It accomplishes this thanks to the amazing cast and strong visuals, which are ideally suited to the intense material. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 25, 2022

Imaginative and spooky, You Are Not My Mother shows just how frightening — and stigmatizing — a parent’s mental illness can be to a child. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Mar 25, 2022

Steeped in local folklore, it lets mythic and mind-based terrors exist side by side, allowing the viewer to interpret and believe what they will. This leeway comes at no cost, however, to its effective atmospherics, which sink into the bones like an unexpected twilight chill. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Mar 25, 2022

More concerned with creating a slowburn of discomfort than with deploying jumpscares, it is driven by first-rate performances from Bracken and, in particular, rising star Doupe. Read full review

Scott Campbell

Jun 6, 2022

Dolan can officially be deemed as one of horror’s most intriguing and singular new talents, thanks to a debut that’s definitely worth seeking out for horror aficionados who prefer having something to think about and chew on once the lights come up, as opposed to the hollow adrenaline rush of splashy set pieces that don’t have anything to say, and find themselves forgotten in an instant. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Mar 25, 2022

While Bracken helps create the nightmarish mood, Doupe is left to suffer its wrath and humanize the ordeal by struggling to readily believe the unfathomable. Read full review

Mark Hanson

Mar 22, 2022

The primacy that it places on its dopamine drip of dread undercuts whatever genuine commitment it might have toward mental illness and trauma. Read full review

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Mikecritic

Jan 28, 2023

A very good suspenseful tale; brilliant performances by the two leads. Similar imagery to Hereditary just with slightly less traumatic punch. A decent watch.

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JLuis_001

Nov 2, 2022

The experience itself didn't strike me as something I would consider disappointing, but there are a lot of things that feel too all over the place to consider it concise, but it has enough punch on the issues that need to be specific and emotional.
Maybe it doesn't come off as effective as IThe experience itself didn't strike me as something I would consider disappointing, but there are a lot of things that feel too all over the place to consider it concise, but it has enough punch on the issues that need to be specific and emotional.
Maybe it doesn't come off as effective as I would have thought best but considering it's a debut, those things can be forgiven.… Expand

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