"Muttertag" or "Mother's Day" is an Austrian German-language film from 1993, so 2 more years and this one will have its 25th anniversary. The director is Harald Sicheritz and he is also one of the four writers who came up with this film. The other three are the late Peter Berecz and successful actors Alfred Dorfer and Roland Düringer. These two of course also play major characters in here. The film runs for 95 minutes and centers around the important day mentioned in the title. Or does it really? This is where the problems already start. Of course I knew that this would not be a film like an American comedy about this day like there is one about "Valentine's Day" for example, but I at least thought there would be an obvious reference to Mother's Day from start to finish. There is not and honestly, with some slightly different writing, this movie could have been about any special day of the year.
While I felt that the film started somewhat interestingly and I developed some interest in the characters, I must say that things went south pretty quickly. It was probably before the 40-minute mark already that the characters all felt so absurd and over the top that I basically had no interest anymore in what would happen to them or to the plot. Very randomly, in-between, they include a couple music performance and songs about mothers. I have seen other work by Sicheritz before, but I must say this is the worst I have seen from him so far. I am absolutely clueless why his movies are so well-respected nowadays and I can only shake my head at this film's current IMDb rating of 8.1. Neither the story, nor the acting nor any other aspect about this one is entertaining or smart. 4 out of 10 is still pretty generous and I highly recommend to stay far far away from this one.
While I felt that the film started somewhat interestingly and I developed some interest in the characters, I must say that things went south pretty quickly. It was probably before the 40-minute mark already that the characters all felt so absurd and over the top that I basically had no interest anymore in what would happen to them or to the plot. Very randomly, in-between, they include a couple music performance and songs about mothers. I have seen other work by Sicheritz before, but I must say this is the worst I have seen from him so far. I am absolutely clueless why his movies are so well-respected nowadays and I can only shake my head at this film's current IMDb rating of 8.1. Neither the story, nor the acting nor any other aspect about this one is entertaining or smart. 4 out of 10 is still pretty generous and I highly recommend to stay far far away from this one.