Esteemed cinematographer Benoît Delhomme’s credits have included a conspicuous number of thoughtful, visually sumptuous period pieces, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Theory of Everything and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, as well as a few films made to promote fashion brands like Balmain, Dior and Chanel. In a way, that résumé partially explains why he might have been inclined to make his directorial debut with Mothers’ Instinct, for which he also serves as the Dp.
This pulpy, psychologically shallow and yet beautifully shot period thriller is all about two soignée suburban housewives — played by Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway — who spend the film’s 96 minutes suffering, scheming and losing their minds while wearing immaculate vintage-inspired costumes. Ultimately, the characters’ motivations, like their titular instinct, are weakly delineated, but viewers are well-advised not to worry their pretty little heads about any of that and just concentrate on the pantsuits.
A remake of a 2018 Belgian film,...
This pulpy, psychologically shallow and yet beautifully shot period thriller is all about two soignée suburban housewives — played by Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway — who spend the film’s 96 minutes suffering, scheming and losing their minds while wearing immaculate vintage-inspired costumes. Ultimately, the characters’ motivations, like their titular instinct, are weakly delineated, but viewers are well-advised not to worry their pretty little heads about any of that and just concentrate on the pantsuits.
A remake of a 2018 Belgian film,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thriller about rich suburban housewives whose picture-perfect lives belie past traumas lacks the self-awareness needed to prevent it from being utterly absurd
Here is a hilariously unsubtle and increasingly ridiculous psycho-melodrama of the 1960s American suburbs starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. Some kind of cult status must be on the way, with emote-along midnight screenings, and maybe a new Catfight of the Year Oscar has to be brought in to reward it.
Mothers’ Instinct is written by Sarah Conradt and directed and shot by celebrated cinematographer Benoît Delhomme making his feature debut; it is partly based on the 2012 French-language thriller Derrière la haine (Behind the Hate) by Barbara Abel, and partly on a 2018 Belgian movie adaptation. Hathaway and Chastain play Celine and Alice respectively, two prosperous stay-at-home housewives giving it the full Betty Draper feminine mystique: they are friends with matching picture-perfect lives, each with an adored nine-year-old son,...
Here is a hilariously unsubtle and increasingly ridiculous psycho-melodrama of the 1960s American suburbs starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. Some kind of cult status must be on the way, with emote-along midnight screenings, and maybe a new Catfight of the Year Oscar has to be brought in to reward it.
Mothers’ Instinct is written by Sarah Conradt and directed and shot by celebrated cinematographer Benoît Delhomme making his feature debut; it is partly based on the 2012 French-language thriller Derrière la haine (Behind the Hate) by Barbara Abel, and partly on a 2018 Belgian movie adaptation. Hathaway and Chastain play Celine and Alice respectively, two prosperous stay-at-home housewives giving it the full Betty Draper feminine mystique: they are friends with matching picture-perfect lives, each with an adored nine-year-old son,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Celine Dion made a rare public appearance to cheer on the Boston Bruins at a NHL game on Thursday (March 21).
The 55-year-old “My Heart Will Go On” icon attended the game at the Td Garden in Boston, Massachusetts with twin sons Nelson and Eddy, 13. The team faced off against the New York Rangers, who took home the win.
She was seen in the stands, cheering on the team and receiving a warm welcome from fellow hockey fans. Celine appeared to have a great time and was even spotted playing air guitar to Bon Jovi‘s “Livin’ on a Prayer” at one point.
Before the game, Celine went back into the locker room to read out the team’s starting lineup. The Bruins shared the moment online.
Head inside to watch Celine Dion with the Boston Bruins…
In the clip, Celine stood in the center of the locker room and read out the lineup,...
The 55-year-old “My Heart Will Go On” icon attended the game at the Td Garden in Boston, Massachusetts with twin sons Nelson and Eddy, 13. The team faced off against the New York Rangers, who took home the win.
She was seen in the stands, cheering on the team and receiving a warm welcome from fellow hockey fans. Celine appeared to have a great time and was even spotted playing air guitar to Bon Jovi‘s “Livin’ on a Prayer” at one point.
Before the game, Celine went back into the locker room to read out the team’s starting lineup. The Bruins shared the moment online.
Head inside to watch Celine Dion with the Boston Bruins…
In the clip, Celine stood in the center of the locker room and read out the lineup,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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