Mother & Child

Vid en första anblick är detta en chick flick, fast för 35-plussare med tickande biologisk klocka, men Mother and Child tar tid på sig, bygger flerlagriga karraktärsporträtt och undviker (för det mesta) de mest uppenbara klyschor.

...en film af en type, som er sjældne at finde med en stærk Hollywood-besætning foran kameraet...

There's no shortage of talent in this ensemble drama about the bond between mothers and their children.

Rodrigo Garcia has made his career with films sympathetic to the feelings of women, and his "Mother and Child" is so emotionally affecting because it is concerned only with their feelings.

...a film whose focus - slowly and movingly - shifts to capturing the cost of running too far for too long.