Film Review – The Voices of Our Mother

Demonic possession movies are common, but that’s not stopping writer/director Mark O’Brien from trying his luck in the subgenre. He offers “The Voices of Our Mother,” which isn’t strictly an exorcism picture, and that’s a good thing, as the screenplay spends a lot more time with a collection of siblings coming together to deal with their troubled, possible evil-infused mother during a grim time of mental health decline. There are secrets to be revealed and an entire personal history to inspect, and O’Brien’s focus on more human matters is what keeps the film as upright as possible. “The Voices of Our Mother” isn’t fully committed to the whole idea of familial confrontation, eventually giving in to genre demands, but parts of the production are executed with some style and dramatic potency, helping to deliver a sufficiently involving examination of distressed people trying to deal with the intensity of their past. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com