'Mother of George' is a deep look at a couple struggling to conceive
The cinematography in 'Mother of George' is lustrous, though the film gets bogged down in melodrama.
The cinematography in 'Mother of George' is lustrous, though the film gets bogged down in melodrama.
By
Peter Rainer , Film critic
鈥淢other of George,鈥� directed by Andrew Dosunmu, a Nigerian living in New York, and written by Darci Picoult, is about a newly married Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, Ike (Danai Gurira) and Ayo (Isaach De Bankol茅), and the problems that ensue when they are unable to conceive a child.
The cinematography by Bradford Young is rich-toned and lustrous, and the film, until it bogs down in melodramatics, has a sensual ease. We are not looking at these people from the outside. Dosunmu pulls us deep inside. Grade: B+ (Rated R for sexuality, some language, and a disturbing image.)