Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.
Mother's Instinct is directed by Benoît Delhomme which is his directorial debut.
I typically don't like using the phrase "style over substance" because I do feel it's become quite overused the last couple years. However it's very appropriate here as Mother's Instinct tends to heavily focus more on looking beautiful rather than telling a story that will grab the viewer.
Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain are by far the best parts of this film, they both give solid performances that do show their really fun screen presence. They both commit to their roles incredibly well Hathaway as Celine manages to use a lot of the character's emotions and shifts between them effortlessly. While Chastain's portrayal of Alice is more subdued but also compelling.
The cinematography combined with the 1960s America suburbia backdrop is undeniably beautiful. It adds a lot of detail and for the most part captures the time period decently well. There was clearly a lot of attention to detail that went into the filming and it absolutely shows in a lot of the scenes throughout the movie.
The main problem here is everything else in between, mostly the script is incredibly lacking in character and substance. The movie attempts to explore the darker sides of suburban life, but in the end doesn't really say or do all that much. The movie has a lot of very repetitive conversations about about motherhood and societal expectations, the third act doesn't get much better it turns into a melodrama that just kind of comes out of left field and not in a good way.
I really don't know how else to describe Mother's Instinct there's definitely stuff to appreciate here but the overall package leaves so much more to be desired.
Mother's Instinct is available on all VOD platforms.
5/10 C
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