Mother Night

Pros: Excellent adaptation. Nolte gives a somewhat surprisingly real performance.
Cons: Perhaps too dark, too ugly for some.

There are two main things to know about the movie 'Mother Night', and just about every review I've been able to find of the movie mentions them enthusiastically (though they don't always give the movie high marks overall). The first is that the...

Pros: fascinating, entertaining movie; cast; faithful to novel
Cons: leaves out some meaningful scenes from novel

I’ve now watched two Kurt Vonnegut Jr. novels made into movies, that of Slaughterhouse-Five and Mother Night, and the latter one may just be a better transfer. Vonnegut is well-known for his forays into clever satire, which makes for a ...

Pros: Makes you think
Cons: Somewhat depressing

A stark, gray prison comes into view as Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" plays in the background. This is the first scene in the movie Mother Night, based on the book of the same title by Kurt Vonnegut. As we meet Howard Campbell, he is being escorted...

Pros: very good movie overall; amazing performance by actors
Cons: not enough people know about this movie

The movie Mother Night, produced and directed by Keith Gordon, tells an amazing story of a man, Howard W. Campbell, Jr., who was a playwright and a spy for the Americans in Germany in the 1930s and 40s. This film explores the many different aspects of...

Pros: great movie!
Cons: Don't watch it more than twice

Many movies made from books are heartfelt, sappy, and conclude with happy endings. Mother Night, written by Kurt Vonnegut, was made into a movie directed by Keith Gordon, who broke away from these standards and provided a more faithful artistic point of...

Pros: Wonderful acting, colorization, and effective cinematic devices
Cons: Not recommended for those who don't like psychological movies

Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” drifts lazily in the background. Black and white color the screen, with shades of gray. A man is being led through a prison camp. As the chorus of Crosby’s song play, the camera pans to the Israeli flag....

Pros: Thoughtprovoking
Cons: Not too entertaining

Kurt Vonnegut has written many science-fiction novels and novels depicting the abominations of war, such as Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle. Mother Night, a recent World War II movie, is based on Vonnegut’s book of the same name. The film...

Pros: Great acting. Excellent story. Good cinematography. Makes you think. Just enough humor.
Cons: None

because in the end you are what you pretend to be.”

Last weekend I rented and watched a very intriguing movie adapted from a Kurt Vonnegut novel and staring Nick Nolte. The movie was “Mother Night”. I have absolutely no idea what that...

Pros: A great movie in all aspects.
Cons: None.

As a critic, I try to do justice to a film. If the film is bad, this is incredibly easy. It is much easier to destroy than to create, to rip than to extol. As I have often mentioned, it is the good reviews that are difficult to write. I have a...

Pros: Great casting and plot
Cons: Plot very dreary

"Interesting" best describes the movie Mother Night. The film intrigues the reader by beginning with black and white cinematography as the sound of Bing Crosby's "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" plays in the background. THe film's main character,...

Pros: This is a good and very dramatic story.
Cons: This movie contains some graphic and offensive scenes.

Mother Night, based on the book by Kurt Vonnegut, delivers a very strong message on morality. One message given by Howard W. Campbell, Jr., the main character is that "you are what you pretend to be." The message he is trying to send is that no...

Pros: It presents beautiful cinematography, and an immense dramatic power, contributing in making a great movie.
Cons: The movie was somewhat slow-paced at certain parts.

Mother Night is a 1996 film, directed by Keith Gordon, based on the novel of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut. Considered by the New York Times ”a true artist” and praised as “one of the best living American writers” by Graham...

Pros: It's interesting in an abstract way if you try to understand it.
Cons: It doesn't seem as if it could happen in real life. Very fake.

Mother Night begins with Howard W. Campbell, the main character, being led into jail. Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”, the first song of the soundtrack, plays as Campbell is led into jail. He is given a typewriter and told to write his...

Pros: Moving, dramatic, powerful
Cons: Overlooked

Adapted from the Kurt Vonnegut novel, this film seemed destined to fail-- how could anyone capture the flat martini flavor of Vonnegut’s famously terse prose in a movie? How could anyone dramatize the life of his ineffectual characters? Apparently, a...