Mother, Couch (Movie)

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By The New York Times

A stubborn matriarch played by Ellen Burstyn lodges in a furniture store and wages emotional warfare with her adult children.

By Glenn Kenny

The film director grew up in Sweden with a love of American movies. Now he would like you to see his surreal debut, “Mother, Couch,” in a theater.

By Alexandra Jacobs