Mama Weed

Name: Mama Weed
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Released: July 16, 2021
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Dominique Jayr, Farida Ouchani, Hippolyte Girardot, Iris Bry, Isabelle Huppert

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Brainstorm Media | Release Date: July 16, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Dominique Jayr, Farida Ouchani, Hippolyte Girardot, Iris Bry, Isabelle Huppert, Liliane Rovère, Michaël Louchart, Mounir Kateb, Mourad Boudaoud, Nadja Nguyen, Rachid Guellaz, Raphaël Quenard, Rebecca Marder, Yann Sundberg, Youssef Sahraoui

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 overhearsA 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 overhears the son of one of her mother’s nurses on the wiretap at work, Patience is moved to protect him. But her involvement in his business quickly escalates and she finds herself in possession of a huge store of hash and the insider knowledge required to move it. With her newly adopted retired police dog at her side, Patience transforms into Mama Weed, a savvy saleswoman capitalizing on her field experience to earn the extra income she so desperately needs while doing her best to stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the precinct.… Expand

Director: Jean-Paul Salomé

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Joe Morgenstern

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. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 15, 2021

Its the laugh-out-loud brazen chutzpah of it all and Huppert’s cocksure, casual and lie-on-the-fly amorality in the title role that gives Mama Weed her buzz. Huppert has never been sunnier or funnier. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

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. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jul 14, 2021

As Mama Weed makes deliciously apparent, where its iconic star goes, we will gladly follow. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

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. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Jul 23, 2021

Cinematically speaking, this is all low-hanging fruit. Maybe such unimaginative choices wouldn’t stand out so much if Huppert were herself not such an inventive and riveting performer. She is, and Mama Weed doesn’t really deserve her. Read full review

A.O. Scott

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. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Jul 31, 2021

While this French crime drama-comedy serves up a modest share of chuckles and action sequences, its lack of defined motivations and its overpacked story threads tend to water down what could have been a better film had it incorporated an overall sense of greater clarity. When an underpaidWhile this French crime drama-comedy serves up a modest share of chuckles and action sequences, its lack of defined motivations and its overpacked story threads tend to water down what could have been a better film had it incorporated an overall sense of greater clarity. When an underpaid French-Arabic police translator working for the narco squad intercepts an undercover message involving the son of a friend, she tries to intervene to shield him while simultaneously cashing in for herself on privileged (and highly lucrative) information, launching a deluge of hot pursuit against her on multiple fronts. Director Jean-Paul Salome's uneven offering benefits tremendously from the superb performance by the ever-reliable Isabelle Huppert, despite the fact that this vehicle is somewhat beneath her considerable talents. And, when the laughs work, they're genuinely funny, even if they come somewhat few and far between. But, despite these strengths, some judicious overall tidying up is required to make this one work more effectively.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Aug 4, 2021

Hardly a film that there is much to talk about.
Totally aligned with the latest works of its leading actress.
However, Isabelle Huppert is still an actress who makes her presence felt. Even if the scripts don't help her much.

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