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Mother

1996 · 104 min

A wry, gentle comedy of manners that turns a midlife crisis into a tender, funny excavation of family history.

Directed by
Albert Brooks
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
No one misunderstands you better.
Overview
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

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Directed by
Albert Brooks
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • ambition
  • grief
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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