Mum & Dad
Mum & Dad
Ok, so I am slightly biased, but this is the film of the fest for me so far...
An amazing achievement for only £100k. The acting all across the board is brilliant, and it's great to see such a dark British horror laced with subtle humour. Bloody family...
An amazing achievement for only £100k. The acting all across the board is brilliant, and it's great to see such a dark British horror laced with subtle humour. Bloody family...
It's horrible... I love it... What is it?
Really happy to have seen this with a paying and proper audience because I feel like I've been following the film for a while and have met the director a couple of times now.
I can't wait to see what happens when the Daily Mail connects this film to the BBC licence fee.
The Royle Family comment is spot on BTW krispyg
I can't wait to see what happens when the Daily Mail connects this film to the BBC licence fee.
The Royle Family comment is spot on BTW krispyg
I'd rather they spend the licence fee on original movies like this one than by paying some "star" a ridiculous sum to front yet another chat show or paid to some talentless chav in a soap (which is my definition of true horror...) The Daily Mail of course will be outraged ... marvellous ... no change there then
Great cast, some truly sick and nasty moments,
and another nod for the working class menace that stalks our society like a rampaging beast of fear.
But this time done with wit and style.
"Nil by Mouth if Gary Oldman's parents had been a bit strange."
and another nod for the working class menace that stalks our society like a rampaging beast of fear.
But this time done with wit and style.
"Nil by Mouth if Gary Oldman's parents had been a bit strange."
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Actually in this case I don't think the class thing is quite that simple. For one thing they don't menace a middle class person but rather an immigrant. So in a way it's Hostel in reverse, with the Eastern European tortured by "us". IMHO Eden Lake presented ALL working class characters in a negative light. The family in Mum &Dad on the other hand are presented as abnormal, much like the family in ChainsawAdeBrown wrote:Great cast, some truly sick and nasty moments,
and another nod for the working class menace that stalks our society like a rampaging beast of fear.
But this time done with wit and style.
"Nil by Mouth if Gary Oldman's parents had been a bit strange."
You're totally right about Eden Lake but I didn't mean that they were completely similar to Eden Lake. Just a menace.
And at least two of Mum and Dad's family were not immigrants, so I think that was just down to ease of access rather than any implicit racism.
Of course, they were a very welcoming family, good old working class values ...
And at least two of Mum and Dad's family were not immigrants, so I think that was just down to ease of access rather than any implicit racism.
Of course, they were a very welcoming family, good old working class values ...
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now it was interesting how much Matyrs had been hyped as being extreme and disturbing, and this had received little hype, because after watching it, I definitely think Mum & Dad was a more extreme film than Matyrs.
This really did work well - dark, twisted and disturbing, but at the same time laced with a very British dark humour. The whole Christmas scene was one of the most fked up things I've ever seen, not gonna forget that in a hurry!
Great film
8.5/10
This really did work well - dark, twisted and disturbing, but at the same time laced with a very British dark humour. The whole Christmas scene was one of the most fked up things I've ever seen, not gonna forget that in a hurry!
Great film
8.5/10
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