

Goodnight Mommy
A mother should look out for her sons.
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.
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6.7/10
1,761 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $2.2M
- Language
- German
- mask
- fire
- lake
- countryside
- cat
- austria
- punishment
- arson
- priest
- torture
- bathtub
- twins
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Produced in
Austria
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereAFI Fest9 Nov 2014
- PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival10 Jan 2015
- TheatricalR11 Sept 2015
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical154 Mar 2016
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival1 Aug 2015
- PhysicalM20 Apr 2016
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2014
- Theatrical (limited)14A25 Sept 2015
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical28 Apr 2016
AustriaAT
- Theatrical8 Jan 2015
BrazilBR
- Theatrical (limited)1611 Sept 2015
- Theatrical25 Feb 2016
ChileCL
- Theatrical31 Mar 2016
FranceFR
- Theatrical1213 May 2015
GermanyDE
- Theatrical162 Jul 2015
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival2 Nov 2014
IndonesiaID
- PremiereEurope on Screen6 May 2017
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Goodnight Mommy was released on 8 January 2015.
Audience reviews
2- R8.5/10
Reno
9/24/2015
> If a mother isn't being one, her own child would doubt her. The Austrian thriller-drama, is going to contend with another nearly 100 movies from the different countries for the upcoming (2016) American Academy Awards. I hope it will make into the final shortlist and my wishes to the cast and the crew. A minimal cast movie, set in an isolated lake house where the 9 years old twin boys and their mother lives. Afte…
- F5/10
furious_iz
1/1/2018
Less than I hoped it would be. I went into this film spoiler free, knowing nothing more than the tag line. While it was well acted and well paced for the most part, the twist was heavy handed and obvious from early on. Maybe I would have liked this film more if there was more subtlety to it. A good film should still entertain if you know the twist or not, and for me, guessing it so early just hampered my enjoym…
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