A horror trip based on a true incident: The feel-good atmosphere of the wellness resort cannot calm the tense mood between mother and daughter. They relentlessly criticise each other. Ultimately, in the hot sauna, there is no escape for either of them.
spent $12 to download a vpn to watch this 15 minute short just for erana james… down BAD
Hot Mother was wild. In a very quick 15 minutes you are blessed with excellent cinematography, amazing performances and great pacing. You care about these people really quick and the ending just hits. Easily one of the most surprising short films I have ever seen. If I had an issue, the title does not fit the film and sounds kind of silly. Could stop people from checking this out, but please please do.
5/5
This could easily be a full length hour 30 movie. Looks great. The auto subtitles were going bonkers trying to understand their accents. At the most pivotal moment it just said “beef” at the bottom of the screen. This is art house final destination.
“you’re not a shit mother.”
i feel like this movie definitely would have benefited greatly from a longer runtime. it’s a really interesting concept and i think the idea was executed pretty well, but it doesn’t have enough time to develop the tense relationship or repair it in a way that feels good. it just kinda jumps from scene to scene and then by the end it wants us to feel resolved but you just can’t. would 100% watch a full length though.
