Mother Knows Best is an excellent Swedish gay short film built almost entirely around one uncomfortable car journey between a teenager and his mother after she meets his boyfriend. Mikael Bundsen’s one-take approach keeps the conversation painfully immediate, allowing affection, prejudice and parental anxiety to sit together in a way that feels both funny and painfully real.
Mother Knows Best is an excellent Swedish gay short film built almost entirely around one uncomfortable car journey between a teenager and his mother after she meets his boyfriend. Mikael Bundsen’s one-take approach keeps the conversation painfully immediate, allowing affection, prejudice and parental anxiety to sit together in a way that feels both funny and painfully real.
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