Meine überirdische Mutter

A dentist, an ophthalmologist, and a shrink share an office suite ... OK, that's as funny as it gets. The dentist Eddy (nicknamed oedipus) is too close to his mother, but that is just a subplot. It is actually ophthalmologist Max who is way too close to his mother Monique, and after she dies suddenly, sees her ghost everywhere. So when Max starts a relationship with shrink Ohiana, the ghost of Monique becomes jealous and possessive: spying, interfering, and giving gratuitous advice. But even as Max gets irritated with her, he has trouble letting her go.

The interference in the human relationship is more than that of Ted, the talking teddy bear. Monique never backs off. Writing Ohiana as a shrink is also questionable. She sees enough clients without starting a relationship with someone who should be the client of a shrink.

I saw this as a digital release from the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. That meant that I could go back and re-watch the 1st 10 minutes. A lot happens in that 10 minutes, foreshadowing events to come, but without knowledge of who the characters were, it was just a confused jumble on 1st viewing.

A nice idea, realistic in some measure, bizarre in few aspects , but working in reasonable way. The attachment by mother of a mature man ( in fact, two ), his feelings to a young woman, the intervention, energetic, of the late mother of guy kicked by romantic feelings.

Nothing original and this makes, except the humor crumbs, a film to see only for some french cliches , for nice effort of actors and for the not so bad reflection of guys enveiled in adultescence blankett.

So, Max and Ohiana and the precise desire of imbatable Monique to protect - keep her son.

A real nice end gives the good final smile and, myybe, a call to our mothers.

Few smiles and a reasonable story. Not bad.