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Mothers' Instinct
2024 94 min Belgium, United Kingdom, United States of America R 18+
★6.3
Thriller, Drama
Director: Benoît Delhomme
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Description
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.
Worldwide:
$2.68M
Starring
Jessica Chastain
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Anne Hathaway
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Anders Danielsen Lie
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Awards
1 win & 1 nomination total
Key opinion
Mothers' Instinct (2024) is a psychological thriller that relies heavily on the star power of Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain to anchor a domestic suspense narrative. While the film is visually polished and atmospheric, critical and audience opinion is divided on whether it successfully translates the source material's tension or descends into overly stylized melodrama.
| Acting | Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain deliver intense and compelling performances that effectively anchor the film's psychological tension. | |
| Production | The film features a meticulously crafted 1960s suburban aesthetic and stylish production design that effectively establishes a veneer of domestic perfection. | |
| Cinematography | Opinions on the cinematography are split; some praise the inventive angles and atmospheric visual choices, while others find the aesthetic choices kitschy and distracting, undermining the gravity of the drama. | |
| Screenplay | The plot’s execution is divisive, with some viewers appreciating the slow-burn suspense and shifting alliances, while others find the narrative predictable, illogical, or overly reliant on trivial domestic tropes. | |
| Ending | The film’s climax is a major point of contention, with reactions ranging from praise for its shocking, harsh intensity to criticism that it feels tonally mismatched or emotionally hollow. |