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She professes to love her kid(s),but then slaps them around and semi-waterboards the one kid. She terrorizes them by using a giant prybar to tear open their bedroom door. She is such a monster, she refuses to sing them to sleep on their first night there.

She never used to smoke before, but now she smokes. She crumples up a hand-drawn picture they made for her and leaves it in the trash for the kid(s) to find. She's writhing around, dancing in front of the mirror and other conduct that makes you question her sanity. All this in-between huge gulps of wine. Some Mom.

It's all "what the hell am I watching?" until about 1/3 of the way through the movie (or less time, I'm guessing, for the more observant) ------ you realize there's only THE ONE DISTURBED KID.

After that, the audience is left to wonder how much longer it will take for the only kid to do in his Dear Mommy. Is he going to leave her to rot, duct-taped to the bedposts? Dad never bothers to check in, even though he knows his kid is cray-cray?

In the end, Mommy 1/2 drags this basket case kid to the original "scene of the crime," wherein he "accidentally" plugged his twin brother in the head with a BB gun. Nice, job, Mom. What? No therapy? Just show him how he murdered his twin and expect him to have some revelation and magically regain his sanity?

The whole thing is preposterous.

So as I said above I have not seen the original movie on which this remake is based. I therefore cannot compare the two movies and so I can only judge this movie as an original concept.

So all that being said I didn't hate this movie but it annoyed me how very obvious the actual story was.

As we are all well aware with these kinds of movies there is always some twist or whatever and I got thie movies so quick it was insane.

That being said I thought some of the acting was ok.

The story also kind of left some questions answered but not in a way that I found were fully answered. The end also seemed rushed to a degree.

If you don't find yourself guessing plots and can just switch off to watch you may enjoy it more than I was able to.

Think of Tale of 2 Sisters vs The Uninvited, Inside vs Inside (American),Martyrs vs Martyrs(American),Kairo vs Pulse, Cabin Fever(Eli Roth) vs Cabin Fever(2015). Hopefully, you get the picture. Just another watered down, VERY predictable American remake.

I will say, Goodnight Mommy (2022) was beautifully shot, and the acting was top notch. Watts was beautiful and glowing as she's ever been.

It's worth the watch if you haven't seen the original. If you have seen it, don't bother. It's a movie that hinges on its twist (like the 6th Sense). So if you already know what's coming, it doesn't have much else to offer.