#mothers' instinct

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MOTHERS' INSTINCT (2024) dir. Benoît Delhomme

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Jessica Chastain in Mothers' Instinct (2024) dir. Benoît Delhomme

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Today I learned Mothers' Instinct doesn't even have a US release date yet, which is all of the bullshit. It's also confirmed Not Gay, despite Jessica and Annie looking like they want to kiss in every scene.

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Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, Mothers' Instinct

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Mothers' Instinct

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Mothers' Instinct (2024)

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Mothers' Instinct (2024) Benoît Delhomme

May 19th 2024

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happy mothers day to every mom everywhere

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Hateration holleration, oddball selections:

MOTHERS' INSTINCT (2024): Peculiar drama-cum-thriller, set in 1960, starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway as suburban neighbors Alice and Celine, whose friendship is disrupted when Celine's young son Max (Baylen D. Bielitz) is killed in an accident. Afterward, Celine becomes unusually attached to Alice's son Theo (Eamon O'Connell), who was Max's best friend, which begins to make Alice very nervous. Does Celine mean Theo harm, or is Alice's guilt (she was watching Max at the time of his accident) making her paranoid? The way the plot plays out offers little tension and few surprises — it feels a little twist-deficient as a thriller, attempting to compensate with a surprisingly dark finale — and it doesn't offer a lot of motive for the eventual drastic escalations beyond "sometimes motherhood makes women crazy." Also, while one can see why Chastain and Hathaway were interested in these parts as actors, they both seem a little too old for their characters, and Anders Anielsen Lie and Josh Charles are both wasted as their respective husbands. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Early on, it seems like there's something between Alice and Celine, but the movie isn't interested in exploring or even acknowledging that. VERDICT: Grim and gloomy, but never very exciting, and it keeps flirting with the idea of making some kind of point about the sexual politics of its time that never gels.

THE POKER HOUSE (2008): Lori Petty made her directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical drama, scripted by David Alan Grier from Petty's story about an eventful and upsetting day in the life of a 14-year-old girl named Agnes (Jennifer Lawrence), growing up dirt poor in a rough, mostly Black neighborhood, where her mother Sarah (Selma Blair) turns tricks when her boyfriend/pimp Duval (Bokeem Woodbine) isn't running illegal poker games, leaving Agnes in loco parentis for her younger sisters (Chloë Grace Moretz and Sophi Bairley), who hang out at the local bar while Agnes is at school. The story takes some dark turns — it centers on Agnes being sexually assaulted by Duval — but because it's based on Petty's own life, it's never indulgently sordid, and, with the notable exception of Sarah, it has a lot of compassion for the people in Agnes' neighborhood, who are doing the best they can with almost nothing to work with. As a result, the film is heartfelt if not particularly polished. (Curiously, it was produced by prolific TV writer-producer Stephen J. Cannell, best known for detective and action shows including THE ROCKFORD FILES, THE A-TEAM, HUNTER, and SILK STALKINGS, with a score by TV perennial Mike Post.) CONTAINS LESBIANS? Nope. VERDICT: If you like Lori Petty and can handle the subject matter (CWs apply for sexual violence), it's worth a look.

THE RAINBOW (1989): Earnest but somewhat awkward Ken Russell dramatization of the last section of the 1915 D.H. Lawrence novel, set around the end of the 19th century, about a young woman from Derbyshire, Ursula Brangwen (Sammi Davis), who has affairs with both her swimming instructor Winifred (Amanda Donohue) and a young soldier named Anton (Paul McGann), while striving for financial, intellectual, and romantic freedom that her era doesn't offer or encourage, especially for women. It's sort of a prequel to Russell's 1969 adaptation of Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE, which follows Ursula and her sister Gudrun 20 years later. I have not read either novel, so I can't say how Russell's versions compare, but taken strictly on its own terms, THE RAINBOW feels like something director Stephanie Rothman might have made for Roger Corman in the '70s, with dollops of Second Wave feminist idealism in what often plays like an exploitation movie. The uneasiness of that mixture leaves no space to interrogate some troubling aspects of the plot, like Ursula's racist ideas about moving to India with Anton, or her violent outburst at a student in the school where she becomes a teacher. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Ursula is bisexual, and part of the plot deals with her relationship with Winifred. VERDICT: At the risk of undermining my literary bona fides, I thought it worked far better as an exploitation movie than a feminist drama.

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I am who I am because of you, Mom

You taught me that when life became a rollercoaster, I needed to climb into the front seat, throw my arms in the air, and enjoy the ride I learned life is all about how you handle Plan B - but that I had to let go of Plan A first And you listened with your heart - especially to what I didn't say You were always a parent first: friends come and go, moms last forever

You didn't tell me how to live... you simply lived well, I watched and I learned Even though I tried to act like I didn't need it, I always knew you were a hug waiting to happen And then you did the hardest thing you ever had to do you gave me wings and taught me how to fly... But what was really amazing is how you hid the fear in your eyes as you watched me soar! You have always been a fabulous mother to me.

It's not EASY! There is no handbook. But God! I remember not understanding many of your decisions. I was hurt, broken, and at times depressed. But after birthing a child, I UNDERSTAND more than any words I can ever type!

Not only is a Mothers Love Unconditional, but if you have a REAL one, they will go through any lengths to make it happen. Thats it! You simply made it happen! Good or bad, even if I didn't understand it, you made it happen. I'm forever grateful. Thank you for all your sacrifices so I could become everything God Called me to be.

Happy Mother’s Day Emma R. Johnson l love you pass the moon.

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Annie, you didn't have to go this hard for a Vanity Fair video.

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Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in Mothers' Instinct

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Jessica Chastain. Anne Hathaway.

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#164. Mothers' Instinct - Benoît Delhomme

3/5

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Mothers' Instinct: Directed by Benoît Delhomme. With Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Josh Charles, Caroline Lagerfelt. Alice and Celine live a traditional lifestyle with successful husbands and sons of the same age. Life's perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond.

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— mother’s day 🤍