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Wednesday 21 August 2013

MOVIE REVIEW: "SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE THEM"


I have seen a movie like this before, when I was a kid! A man, his wife and son are stranded on an island after they survive a plane crash, or is it a boat wreck?! Really can't remember, but anyway this family make a life for themselves on that deserted island as they wait and hope to be rescued.
Days turned to months, and months become years, and this family see themselves still stranded on this island, but they do not seem bothered as they have taken the island as their home. The son becomes a teenager, i guess he must have been 17 or 18ish, and one common thing with boys attaining this age is their poor tendency to control their sexual urges, remember they are the only human beings on the island, no girls, just them! The boy who is heavily on heat and needs to relieve himself by having sex with a partner but none in sight, decides to take on his mother, and the only way he can achieve this is by killing his father.
If you can understand how horrifying this movie plot with a forgotten name is, then you may empathize with me after watching the movie titled 'Adore.'
But you know what, before I describe the plot of this crazy sick film, please allow me to indulge you readers with an instance.
Imagine that you and your best friend are fathers are dating each other's teenage daughters, and you all know about it, and cool about it! That's sick! If you don't see the picture I am painting here, maybe I should just delve straight into the plot of Adore.



Roz, her husband Harold and their son Tom live near the beach. Lil, who is a widow lives nearby with her son Ian. Roz and Lil are best friends from when they were little, and so are Tom and Ian. Ian and Roz start a sexual relationship. Tom discovers this and takes revenge by initiating a sexual relationship with Lil. Eventually, what started as a sexual affair became a some what a real relationship with both young boys seeing their mothers as girlfriends. 

I am finding it hard to understand why the film received accolades by critics and most of its audience. Call me old fashioned, I fail to see the logic in this sick perverted movie! Well maybe because of my culture as an African which frowns on things like this. But if you see some sense in this god forsaken movie, please do indulge me with your comments.


Adore is an Australian and French drama film, directed by Anne Fontaine. The film is based on a novella by British writer Doris Lessing called "The Grandmothers" The original title of the film was Two Mothers and it premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

The movie stars Naomi Watts, Robin Wright  as mothers Lil and Roz, and Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville as sons Ian and Tom

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