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  • 2021
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary A French-Arabic translator for the Paris police anti-narcotics unit, Patience Portefeux (Isabelle Huppert) interprets the daily calls and conversations between the city’s biggest drug dealers. In the evenings, she looks in on her aging mother at the long-term care facility where she is months behind in paying the bills. When she overhear...

Directed By: Jean-Paul Salomé

Written By: Hannelore Cayre, Antoine Salomé, Jean-Paul Salomé

  • 2021
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Mama Weed

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary A French-Arabic translator for the Paris police anti-narcotics unit, Patience Portefeux (Isabelle Huppert) interprets the daily calls and conversations between the city’s biggest drug dealers. In the evenings, she looks in on her aging mother at the long-term care facility where she is months behind in paying the bills. When she overhear...

Directed By: Jean-Paul Salomé

Written By: Hannelore Cayre, Antoine Salomé, Jean-Paul Salomé

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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80
Jul 23, 2021
[Ms. Huppert] is fascinating again, but in a wonderfully nimble way that could be considered campy if her style weren’t so assured and her performance weren’t so witty and precise.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 16, 2021
While Salomé isn’t anything but a mainstream director, he’s a good one, keeping the movie percolating up to its crowd-pleasing finale and coda.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 15, 2021
Although Salomé’s lower-key approach to the material occasionally creates the sense that moments of ripe comedy have been left untapped, as well as a low-key ending that might have benefited from a final twist, there’s plenty to appreciate.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 14, 2021
As Mama Weed makes deliciously apparent, where its iconic star goes, we will gladly follow.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 12, 2021
Mama Weed is intended to wash over you, leaving good vibes in its wake, but it doesn’t challenge Isabelle Huppert or the audience.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 14, 2021
Textually, problems emerge from the myriad supporting characters, virtually all of whom play like narrative props. The script seems uninterested in its conflict; the filmmaking lacks the style to glue its pieces together.
By Matt Cipolla FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 15, 2021
The list of charges against this watery café au lait of a crime caper is extensive — wearisome ethnic stereotypes, cop-movie clichés, awkward pacing, a labored plot — but the chief transgression is that it wastes the time and talent of one of the supreme screen actors of our time.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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6.0
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83% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Les Films du Lendemain, La Boétie Films, Le Pacte, Scope Pictures, Franklin Films, Les Films de la Greluche, Restons Groupés Production, Les Films du Camélia, Canal+, Orange Cinéma Séries, Cofimage 30, Cinéventure 4, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date Jul 16, 2021
Duration 1 h 44 m
Genres
Tagline ISABELLE HUPPERT is 50% Cop 50% Dealer 100% Pure
Website https://cinemien.nl/film/mama-weed/
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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