'Night Mother

'Night Mother (1986)

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'Night. Mother was adapted by Marsha Norman from her own harrowing Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Outwardly normal Sissy Spacek calmly informs her mother Anne Bancroft that she's about to commit suicide. Thus the stage is set for a war of nerves between the determined Spacek and the distraught… More

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PG-13,
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Drama
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Sep 12, 1986 Wide
Universal Pictures

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  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, this drama examines the complex roots of suicide.

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  • jay n


    Two acting titans square off in this chamber piece of anger, laughter, disappointed hopes and despair. It's an intense workout for both and they are up to the challenge but it is a grim tale.

  • Randy T


    An unsettling take on the tragic phenomenon of suicide. Great performances (Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft) but it's hard to overlook a screenplay that seems better suited for the stage. The back-story could have been better told through a series of flashbacks rather than… More

  • Walter M


    In "'night Mother," Jessie Cates(Sissy Spacek) spends her day cleaning the house she shares with her mother(Anne Bancroft). She also labels all of her clothing for various charitable organizations. Once her mother comes home, she asks her where her father's gun… More

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