Interesting theory. Everyone I know that's seen the movie indicates that the reveal is sort of obvious, so the distraction thing makes sense, but there are also lines like, "You should apologize to her," that make me think it was intentional.
There are often times I want to know the reveal, especially when I know a movie is not biddy friendly. Like that time Octo broke out all the Saw movies. (It was those, right Octo?) I appreciated knowing without having to go through the agony of watching them!
Okay I'm not reading any of these comments because I really want to see this but, like JPX, I've already formed some theories and one of them is probably right, so I want to go in as cold as possible. So glad to hear this holds up to its trailer.
November 09, 2015 7:56 PM
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(2015) ****
Identical twins Lukas and Elias spend their idyllic summer days
chasing each other through cornfields, exploring dark caves, and floating on serene
ponds in the beautiful Austrian countryside.
Their tranquil days are disrupted one day when their mother returns home
covered in bandages from some unexplained plastic surgery. Almost immediately the boys are wary of
her. She is not only unsettling to look at;
she somehow seems “different”. She lacks
warmth and her personality has undergone a complete sea change. Furthermore she imposes a number of peculiar
rules to the boys noting that they must allow her to sleep for generous amounts
of time and they are not to make any noise in the house. As the days roll by the boys begin to suspect
that she is not their mother at all and they become resolute in getting to the
bottom of the mystery.
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‘Goodnight, Mommy’ packs a wallop of slow build uneasiness. The fear comes from knowing that “something
isn’t right” although there is little evidence that something is actually
wrong. Long seemingly-innocuous shots
suggest danger though the danger is unidentified. Has the mother really changed or are the
twins overly sensitive to her new “rules” as she recovers from her recent
surgery? The film challenges the notion
of the unbreakable bond between a mother and her children and the unease comes
from seeing that bond disintegrate. If I had one complaint about the film it is
that early on I ignored red herrings and predicted the overall gestalt of
the story which sapped some of the fun of the disturbing third reel. Still “Goodnight, Mommy” is terrific
film-making and should not to be missed!
"Goodnight, Mommy"
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I think the early reveal is intentional and meant to distract but that's just my opinion.
I don't actually think my comment was a spoiler but just incase.
October 26, 2015 12:54 PM
Interesting theory. Everyone I know that's seen the movie indicates that the reveal is sort of obvious, so the distraction thing makes sense, but there are also lines like, "You should apologize to her," that make me think it was intentional.
October 26, 2015 1:29 PM
I haven't seen this yet so I'm not reading the comments but damn this looks good!
October 26, 2015 1:45 PM
It does look good (I know, not biddy friendly) but a guessable reveal is always a bummer.
October 26, 2015 3:44 PM
There are often times I want to know the reveal, especially when I know a movie is not biddy friendly. Like that time Octo broke out all the Saw movies. (It was those, right Octo?) I appreciated knowing without having to go through the agony of watching them!
October 26, 2015 7:53 PM
This movie is absolutely biddy friendly! It is not gory, just tense and unnerving, go see it!
October 27, 2015 4:25 AM
Okay I'm not reading any of these comments because I really want to see this but, like JPX, I've already formed some theories and one of them is probably right, so I want to go in as cold as possible. So glad to hear this holds up to its trailer.
November 09, 2015 7:56 PM