"This film builds up a strong relationship between these two actors who play the parts to natural it makes the film better because of the chemistry the main two actors share"
Mother and son relationships are not usually explored much in cinema but when they are they usually are made in broad comedies of how un-advanced the mother is, well this film does not go for the comedy but more for the drama the two can have. Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) is a 12 year old boy who steals to make a living for him and his sister/mother Louis (Léa Seydoux). Louise is first believed to be his older sister but Simon tells someone Louise was dating that she is his mother which she wanted no one to know about. One day stealing Simon is caught by Mike (Martin Compston) whom he goes into business for a while with when stealing such equipment as goggles, skis and gloves.
The relationship between Louise and Simon did seem different at first because he was taking care of her more even though she was older. Also the reveal that she is his mother was surprising to me and when I do think about how the two acted around each other I could see there was something different about them being brother and sister. The job Simon had seemed funny to me that he had gone on for so long stealing and never getting caught by anyone until Mike decides to go into business with Simon which seemed bound to fail eventually. The film was mostly about Louis and Simon but we did get some scenes with Gillian Anderson as a guest who was skiing and on her holiday and she seemed to act like a missing mother figure for Simon that he never had. The ending of the film where Louis and Simon pass each other going in different directions I believe was a message for how the two had acted throughout the film.
Kacey Mottet Klein plays Simon and he was actually great in the role I thought. He was called to be annoying at times but other times when he had to get dramatic I thought that he handled it quite well. He also was able to play the funny when scenes when he was asked to play them by the writing. Léa Seydoux plays Louise and she may be soft at times only giving a dramatic look but like Klein when she was asked to be emotional she was the one able to pull on my heart strings. The relationship was fully believable to me because of how these actors played so well off of each other. There were also some smaller parts in the film and the standouts of them were Martin Compston and Gillian Anderson.
The film is OK with scenes between Klein and Seydoux the best in the film as we see the conflict between them but also the love they share because they are mother and son. Some scenes were not needed but it did not slow down the fast pace of the movie.
MOVIE GRADE: B- (MVP: Léa Seydoux)
Mother and son relationships are not usually explored much in cinema but when they are they usually are made in broad comedies of how un-advanced the mother is, well this film does not go for the comedy but more for the drama the two can have. Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) is a 12 year old boy who steals to make a living for him and his sister/mother Louis (Léa Seydoux). Louise is first believed to be his older sister but Simon tells someone Louise was dating that she is his mother which she wanted no one to know about. One day stealing Simon is caught by Mike (Martin Compston) whom he goes into business for a while with when stealing such equipment as goggles, skis and gloves.
The relationship between Louise and Simon did seem different at first because he was taking care of her more even though she was older. Also the reveal that she is his mother was surprising to me and when I do think about how the two acted around each other I could see there was something different about them being brother and sister. The job Simon had seemed funny to me that he had gone on for so long stealing and never getting caught by anyone until Mike decides to go into business with Simon which seemed bound to fail eventually. The film was mostly about Louis and Simon but we did get some scenes with Gillian Anderson as a guest who was skiing and on her holiday and she seemed to act like a missing mother figure for Simon that he never had. The ending of the film where Louis and Simon pass each other going in different directions I believe was a message for how the two had acted throughout the film.
Kacey Mottet Klein plays Simon and he was actually great in the role I thought. He was called to be annoying at times but other times when he had to get dramatic I thought that he handled it quite well. He also was able to play the funny when scenes when he was asked to play them by the writing. Léa Seydoux plays Louise and she may be soft at times only giving a dramatic look but like Klein when she was asked to be emotional she was the one able to pull on my heart strings. The relationship was fully believable to me because of how these actors played so well off of each other. There were also some smaller parts in the film and the standouts of them were Martin Compston and Gillian Anderson.
The film is OK with scenes between Klein and Seydoux the best in the film as we see the conflict between them but also the love they share because they are mother and son. Some scenes were not needed but it did not slow down the fast pace of the movie.
MOVIE GRADE: B- (MVP: Léa Seydoux)