Beautiful and vulnerable movie about mental illness - delusional disorder and strong family bonds between mom and daughter. Very touching and well performed for both actresses.
An interesting movie. At first ones gets to slowly understand how bad the mother's state is as she gets more and more ill due to stress of her daughter going away for college. Then the strong daughter who manages her own life, building a relationship with a guy who's an addicts and navigating in school etc., meanwhile her mother is getting more and more paranoid. The daughter needs to act on her mother as well as taking the right decisions for herself. Its a real dilemma and she has to grow up fast. Underneath lies also a deep sorrow as Melanie (daughter) has lost her dad due to heart failure.
I think its a great twist that the problem with the neighbor, whom the mom believes is attacking her, in the end is resolved so that Dawn (the mom) realizes that she is actually ill.
A good movie to see to understand delusional illness as well as how its affecting their relation.
An interesting movie. At first ones gets to slowly understand how bad the mother's state is as she gets more and more ill due to stress of her daughter going away for college. Then the strong daughter who manages her own life, building a relationship with a guy who's an addicts and navigating in school etc., meanwhile her mother is getting more and more paranoid. The daughter needs to act on her mother as well as taking the right decisions for herself. Its a real dilemma and she has to grow up fast. Underneath lies also a deep sorrow as Melanie (daughter) has lost her dad due to heart failure.
I think its a great twist that the problem with the neighbor, whom the mom believes is attacking her, in the end is resolved so that Dawn (the mom) realizes that she is actually ill.
A good movie to see to understand delusional illness as well as how its affecting their relation.