Goodnight Mommy

Name of the movie: Goodnight, Mommy

Movie company:Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion, GmbH

Actors/actresses:Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz

Plot: This movie is about a single mother who has 2 ten-year old twin boys named Elias and Lukas, but one day, their mother went somewhere else.

Elias and Lukas are playing everyday outside the house. One day, they go to the nearest pond and then they find out their mother came back home. They are so happy to meet their mother but they can sense that something is wrong. They feel they are being scared, unhappy, and the mother seems to get more easily angry at them. They try and test their mother by making each boy’s hair look identical, or asking questions to their mother. However, they do not trust their mother, so they mistreat her. That is only the beginning of their nightmare....

What you liked? In the beginning, the two twins are very happy everyday, but after their mother’s car came back, the mood changed from happy to serious. I feel that the mystery of the woman underneath the bandages may not be the mother, and that creates a lot of suspense as well.

What you didn’t like? I think this movie wanted to show some meaningful in the story but it was hard to understand to know this movie first time. Usually, this movie has to be watched at least two or three times in order to pick out details that I didn’t catch before.

How many stars? (out of 5) and why? I would give this movie 3.5 stars because when I watched the movie, I had a lot of questions, and because the storyline was a bit hard to follow the first time, I spent more time asking myself questions than actually enjoying watching the film.