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Materna
Directed by
David Gutnik
2020
1h 45m
NR
Drama
4.8
71%
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A closely observed psychological portrait of four women, whose lives are bound together by an incident on the New York City subway.
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Cast of Materna
Kate Lyn Sheil
Jean
Jade Eshete
Mona
Lindsay Burdge
Ruth
Assol Abdullina
Perizad
Cassandra Freeman
Wanda
Michael Chernus
David
Sturgill Simpson
Paul
Rory Culkin
Gabe
Nathanya Alexander
Jehovah's Witness Daughter
Materna Reviews
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Rarely do the filmmakers show people mutually affecting one another in cycles of pain and control, rather than blaming phantom figures.
Jaredmobarak.com
Jared Mobarak
It's moments of abject fright where impulse takes over in ways that show who we are beneath the images we present to the world.
RogerEbert.com
Tomris Laffly
What Materna tries to say on race, class, culture, and society remains all too vague and surface-level in its aftermath.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A well-acted amalgam of four compelling stories, but it's ultimately too undercooked and underwhelming.
We Live Entertainment
Aaron Neuwirth
The nature of this sort of film means it's relatively easy to determine the stronger segments from the weaker ones.
Black Girl Nerds
Alisha Netis
'Materna' is telling a story that is never told, possibly one that is shameful to tell.
The Playlist
Kristy Puchko
Materna feels like a hodgepodge of half-finished drafts from one-act plays, pompous short films, and dusty first screenplays.
New York Times
Beatrice Loayza
Each section... leaves its mark...
Variety
Nick Schager
Sheil, Abdullina, Burdge and especially Eshete's performances are attuned to the material's fundamental air of incompleteness and instability.
Hollywood Reporter
Jourdain Searles
A thought-provoking debut.
The Weekend Warrior
Edward Douglas
An intriguing and somewhat enigmatic film from Gutnik and his collaborators.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
The stories of four women are told separately, yet they're intertwined to cumulatively powerful effect.
My New Plaid Pants
Jason Adams
They're each riveting little short stories in and of themselves, with their own purposes that feed into the larger whole. ... Every piece here builds on the others.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
he final segment is by far and away the standout, with Abdullina producing an astonishing award-winning performance.
Moveable Fest
Stephen Saito
A fascinating anthology of tales that offers an impressive showcase for a quartet of talented actresses - and writers, in the case of Jade Eshete and Assol Abdullina, who pull double duty.
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