“I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive

Movie: “I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive”

It sounds deeply painful and hard to watch but try to watch for this movie guys and you will surely be touch.

 A smoothly fractured history of a broken mother-son relationship, which even in its climactic tragedy keeps messy emotions at arm's length.  

Directed by Claude Miller ("A Secret and La Petite Lili") and his son Nathan Miller, "I'm Glad My Mother is Alive" explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth motherThe narrative easily goes back and forth in time; despite its Oedipal subtext, it avoids exploitation. Stellar performances by Rottiers and Cattani help keep the movie on track.

One of the film's strengths is its detached, even-handed view of someone whose turbulence and fits of rage are ultimately inexplicable, as is often the case in real life. Wrenching stuff, the kind of unrequited love story that, unfortunately, remains all too common in the real world.

The movie itself was a fun kids movie, although not one that I think we'll want to watch repeatedly the way we've recently enjoyed Tangled or How to Train Your Dragon.  It was nice to get a family date and a relaxing afternoon.

Rottiers is excellent at embodying someone who projects vulnerability most when he's attempting strength, and who continually, heartbreakingly searches his mother for signs of attachment or regrets th... Full Review

I really enjoy them. That being said, I’m thinking this looks like a really good movie.