When a strange virus causes parents to suddenly try and kill their children, teenager Carly and her young brother, Josh, struggle to keep Mom and Dad at bay and stay alive.
Nicolas Cage (Brent), Selma Blair (Kendall), Anne Winters (Carly), Zackary Arthur (Josh), Robert Cunningham (Damon), Olivia Crocicchia (Riley), Lance Henriksen (Mel), Joseph Reitman (Teacher).
Mom and Dad begins with some character introductions and we learn Carly and her family certainly have their issues even before the strange virus arrives. Once it does, things go sideways in a hurry with parents suddenly and violently turning on their children. While the film settles for a bit focusing on the struggle for survival a nice twist is thrown in at the end which almost turned the film into a comedy.
Acting was okay. Cage did great at times, and completely missed the mark at other times. It was nice seeing Blair back in a dark role which, as usual, she handled well. Winters was perfectly cast as a snotty teen, as was Crocicchia. Arthur was decent, as was Reitman. Henriksen was a nice surprise and fit well.
Camera work, sets, and backgrounds are fairly simple but well done with good detail and a solid feel. Action scenes, gore, and violence are solid throughout. Dialogue was fun with more dark humor than expected. The soundtrack was interesting if nothing else.
Mom and Dad was a decent film with a fairly original plot that generates a lot of audience interest. At the same time, it misses the horror mark a bit with the flashback jumping theme of storytelling and while there are a few bits of humor, there are only a few bits. The result is a decent film that could have been much more with a bit more direction and smoother delivery of the storyline.
With some sexuality, brief nudity, plenty of violence, gore, foul language, and disturbing scenes, save this one for older teens and above.
Released: 2018
Reviewed: 6.6.19
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Genre: Dark Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Indie Comedies
copyright ©2019 Dave Riedel
Nicolas Cage (Brent), Selma Blair (Kendall), Anne Winters (Carly), Zackary Arthur (Josh), Robert Cunningham (Damon), Olivia Crocicchia (Riley), Lance Henriksen (Mel), Joseph Reitman (Teacher).
Mom and Dad begins with some character introductions and we learn Carly and her family certainly have their issues even before the strange virus arrives. Once it does, things go sideways in a hurry with parents suddenly and violently turning on their children. While the film settles for a bit focusing on the struggle for survival a nice twist is thrown in at the end which almost turned the film into a comedy.
Acting was okay. Cage did great at times, and completely missed the mark at other times. It was nice seeing Blair back in a dark role which, as usual, she handled well. Winters was perfectly cast as a snotty teen, as was Crocicchia. Arthur was decent, as was Reitman. Henriksen was a nice surprise and fit well.
Camera work, sets, and backgrounds are fairly simple but well done with good detail and a solid feel. Action scenes, gore, and violence are solid throughout. Dialogue was fun with more dark humor than expected. The soundtrack was interesting if nothing else.
Mom and Dad was a decent film with a fairly original plot that generates a lot of audience interest. At the same time, it misses the horror mark a bit with the flashback jumping theme of storytelling and while there are a few bits of humor, there are only a few bits. The result is a decent film that could have been much more with a bit more direction and smoother delivery of the storyline.
With some sexuality, brief nudity, plenty of violence, gore, foul language, and disturbing scenes, save this one for older teens and above.
Released: 2018
Reviewed: 6.6.19
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Genre: Dark Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Indie Comedies
copyright ©2019 Dave Riedel
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