Mother and Child Acquired

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Sony Classics' deal to acquire Rodrigo Garcia's Mother and Child "came together shortly after Toronto but took some time to close," reports Indiewire's Peter Knegt. The plan is to open it sometime next year so Annette Bening's Best Actress nomination is of course out the window. I remain persuaded that Bening gives the best performance of her career in this film.

My initial TIFF gush review was a mistake as it was based on having seen most but not all of Mother and Child. I'm still a bit stunned, looking back, that a film that delivered as well as it did for the first 70% or 75% didn't quite maintain the same on-target current during the final 25 or 30 minutes. A very rare, almost unheard-of thing in my experience. Live and learn.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

Plenty of 3 and a half star movies were 4 star movies that couldn't stick the landing. Not that surprising.

Also, I mention it because it's tangentially film related, but I just wanted to mention how fucking good the MAD MEN last night was, and what a good job Barbet Schroeder did directing it. I don't want to spoil it too much, but I'll just say the initially odd quick edits to ratchet up the tension absolutely slayed me.

Posted by BurmaShave at November 2, 2009 3:46 PM

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Colin says ...

I didn't know how they were going to handle the Kennedy assassination, but they delivered.

Posted by Colin at November 2, 2009 3:47 PM

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actionman says ...

the last few episodes of mad men have been the best ANYTHING of the year. the writing, acting, and directing on that show is incomparable. it felt as if the earth's plates were shifting when betty confronted don two weeks ago. and yeah, the handling of the kennedy stuff was perfect.

Posted by actionman at November 2, 2009 5:32 PM

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