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16 March 2006 (Israel)
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Some mothers aren't meant to be moms.
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A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kyra Sedgwick | ... | Emily |
 | Dominic Scott Kay | ... | Paul (6 years old) |
 | Kevin Bacon | ... | Marty |
 | Blair Brown | ... | Jeanette Rawley |
 | Matt Dillon | ... | Mark |
 | Oliver Platt | ... | Mr. Pomeroy |
 | Campbell Scott | ... | Paul's Father |
 | Marisa Tomei | ... | Sybil |
| Sosie Bacon | ... | Emily (10 years old) |
| Travis Bacon | ... | Lenny |
 | John Lafayette | ... | Allen Rawley |
 | Jessica Stone | ... | Anita Biddle |
 | Melissa Errico | ... | Miss Silken |
| Nancy Giles | ... | Principal |
 | Carolyn McCormick | ... | Ruth the Realtor |
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Rated R for sexuality.
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The problem with this film is that it tries to do too much. It is basically an attempt to describe the intergenerational dysfunctionality of the family of the main character, played ably at times by Kyra Sedgwick. Nevertheless, there are other moments when this female character, who is otherwise clearly possessed by numerous demons, just comes across as plain silly. Silliness isn't necessarily out of tune with what is really happening in this complex, but poorly-told tale; Kyra Sedwick's "parents" in the film are also silly, goofing around until the poignant moment when they realise their 10-year-old daughter singing David Bowie's "Life on Mars" acapella at her school's end-of-year show, is a reference to their freakishness. But the real, deep, important questions the movie raises are left frustratingly unaddressed and unanswered: how can two people who are so crazy about one another ignore the fruit of their love? When does a mother's love turn from genuine care into stifling, morbid possessiveness? At one point, the mother is trying to defend her refusal to let her son attend school by quoting Emerson and Alessandra Montessori; but it is never really clear just what it is she actually dreams for her son, other than always having him by her side. She confesses to the viewer, "I admit, I encouraged arrogance" in her son, but the boy is the only reasonable one of the pair, showing behaviour of a maturity beyond his years. All this confuses the film's audience even further. Perhaps the fact itself that the movie asks these questions is to it's credit; but it ultimately fails to deliver on it's promise.