I think we have all this felt this way about our mothers. I am wrong? At one point in adolescense we see out mother as a person trying to keep us away from life, you see as annoying and crazy. Am I the only one?
shareDon't know ... I am a boy, but never got the chance to know my mother ...
shareUm..kind of except that my mom was always pushing me towards life. It was my father who wanted me to stay little forever. Which is why I had to work on him for almost a whole year in advance to Prom to convince him I would be fine haha...tough work
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definitely. in the beginning with her and her mother in the car. where she was changing the radio station and everything. or also, when she started the new school. she looked back to her mother, and i could tell that she wanted her, you know, but she'd never admit it. i know that feeling where you "want your mommy" but you can't.
Catherine Garcia Bernal
Having two daughters this age I recognize a lot in this movie.
My wife always tries to keep a firm grip on what our daughters do and they can do a lot just as long as their mother reigns. Limits vary all the time if that's convinient AND she remains their best "friend", the give and take-game (I allow, you like me for that).
And then there's the reflection of herself she sees in her daughters, somehow she clings to them as if they are a part of herself other than a mother-child relation, she regenerates herself on their youth. That can be suffocating, I imagine.
I found all those aspects in the movie and also the need of the daughter to break free from that strangulation. In the end the stubborn mother remains rather pathetic in her world of what-could-have-beens, hopelessly trying to hold back the time.
Funny thing is one of my daughters silently rebels to that attitude and the other finds it convinient as long as she gets what she wants.
Very good movie!
Yeah - especially in the beginning when Ann is really annoyed with her mom - I know that feeling - you want to hate your mom - but you can't...'cause she's your mom...and yoy love her...which makes you even more frustrated...
"We are the keepers of the sacred words: Ni, Peng and Neee-wom!"
It was like watching my own mother on the screen
shareIt was like watching my own mother on the screen
that is a total def, the whole time i kept thinking my mother, the whole movie felt like my life, my mom and i pretty much live on our own and we have little family, my dad isnt around much and my brother is the only one i ever talk to, my dad is trying to get me to grow up though and get me out of the house while my mom wants me to stay little forever and is overprotective all the time, and she always uses me to get out of stuff..
shareWell this situation is a little more extreme than mere annoyance. Adele is crazy. I know my parents wish they could relive my little girl days but they have never held me back. Despite the fact that Adele loves Ann she wants Ann around for selfish reasons, because of her own needs, not for Ann's safety or anything else.
shareI agree that this is different than your "standard" over-protective, "crazy", annoying mother. As Leah99williams said... she wants Ann, NEEDS Ann around for selfish reasons. Adele definitely has mental issues... whether it be co-dependence or well... abandonment issues, or both! It's almost as if Ann is the mother half of the time. Ann is always the one taking care of her mother.
shareyeah my mom was the same way real over protective but I never wanted to leave her or my dad. I did leave for college but I was home every weekend cause the food in the dorms sucked haha
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