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| Director: Tom Moore
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins, Jennifer Roosendahl
Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 4987
Format: Color, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0783237294
UPC: 096898054232
EAN: 9780783237299
ASIN: 6300185850
Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 1986
Release Date: April 18, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 27
 Intensely moving October 25, 1999
Sara V. Jordan (Knoxville, TN....USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Being the mother of 3children and a divorcee and having experienced the same depths of unhappiness that Jesse has I could feel her despair and her ultimate desire to bring an end to her pain. The pathos of an ill mother trying to save her daughter's life is extremely touching. The ending is magnificent.
Good Night Mother February 9, 2005
Laura Torrespico (Chicago, U.S.)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
I cannot begin by saying that not only is this a terrific play/movie, but one of the most superb performances by Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek.
The whole premise of the movie is about how American society tends to view suicide, and how it is one of those "I don't want to talk about it" subjects.
Sissy Spacek (Jessie) asks her mother Anne Bancroft at the beginning of the movie where her father's gun is stored because she plans to kill herself. At first mother does not believe (or want) her, and they carry on with their menial tasks, such as planning for a manicure, changing sofa covers and so on. During the meantime, the daughter is asking her real questions about whether she loved her father, and the mother answers with simple answers that minimize her feelings.
In short, Mother is in denial that Jessie is going to kill herself and resorts to making things better around the house for her, like not doing laundry, and other tasks. When that does not work, she blames her epilepsy and her divorce or the fact the she does not leave the house much. The problem is that Mother is not listening to Jessie when she tells her she is tired and wants to get off the bus. Things are not going to get any better, she has been constantly thinking about suicide for a year.
There has been total lack of communication between them for the exception of gossip and recipes. Her mental status has worsened and ignored by her Mother who should have gotten her some help. Mother seems to believe that a cup of hot coco with three marshmallows, some sunshine or the threat of going to hell is enough to scare her out of her suicidal status.
The whole movie is a tug of war between these two stubborn women, Jessie has made up her mind, and Mother pleads, begs and cries, but it does not work.
 Well performed play turned movie June 4, 2000
Anne M. Heimel (Winston-Salem, NC)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Sissy Spacek is a woman who has been sick with epilepsy all her life. This has caused her to miss out on a lot of things she would have enjoyed. She thought that she had gotten it from falling off a horse when she was an adult, but through the course of the movie her mother (Anne Bancroft) tells her she has had it since she was very young. She does not leave her house for fear of having a "fit" in public. Her husband is out of the picture, and her son is not turning out the way she wanted him to.She decides that she wants to end her suffering by shooting herself with her father's gun. Her father commited suicide sometime in the recent past, and was also an epileptic. When she tells her mother her plans, her mother does not believe her at first. She mocks her and tells her that she will miss. When the mother sees that her daughter has packed up and divided all of her things to be given away, she realizes that her daughter is not kidding and she spends the night trying to talk her out of it.
Incredible Movie!! January 22, 2003
M. Waters (Maryland)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just happened to watch this movie for the first time on television about 8 years ago and loved it immediately. It was televised again and I made sure to tape it. When watching this movie you cannot help but get engrossed in the lives of Jessie and Thelma Cates. The performances by Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft are convincing and powerful. I will admit that "'Night, Mother" is a sad story, but it's also very interesting. By the end you feel as though you're a part of the Cates family, and feel the pain as Thelma comes to terms, but not quite, with her daughter's suicide. I would highly recommend this movie!!
DVD Please! January 18, 2004
Valencia R. Burns (Atlanta, GA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
When this first came out I was 10....this movie has been one of my favorites & I am surprized there isn't a DVD version of it. Why?
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