Mother is a no-nonsense, heading to senility(???)
In bathrobes later, the pair have a heart to heart on lifes meaning during a candlelit dinner.
McGregor is always on the money even in moments that seem emotionally over the top.
‘Mother, Couch’TIFF
Russell is a nice breath of fresh air relating to characters that should be institutionalized.
Abraham plays twins on a level somewhere between Jeremy Irons and Hayley Mills.
Even though I paid nothing to see it atTIFF, Burstyns performance is worth the price of admission.
This 90-year-old acting treasure gets a very strange role to sink her teeth into and goes for the jugular.
Certainly would be a head-scratching double feature to get to correctly spot the connection.
Brother, can you spare a couch?
Producers are Ella Bishop, Pau Suris, Alex Black, Sara Murphy.
It is looking for distribution.
