
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh
Seen it?1985 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Great for people who need a good giggle and anyone who likes a story with emotional weight. Low effort, high reward: just press play.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.
Inspired by the early trash films of John Waters, the film stars Estdelacropolis as Demira, a gay porn actor struggling with both his emotionally complicated relationship with his mother Esther and his desire to break out of porn and into mainstream movies. He connects with a Freudian psychiatrist who is convinced that his homosexuality stems from an unresolved Oedipus complex which he has repressed by denying his natural attractions to women, to which the psychiatrist's proposed solution is to hypnotize Esther into believing that she is a man so that men will become the gender that sexually repulses Demira; in his career, he is ambivalent when the first "mainstream" role he is able to land is a gore film in which he will play the victim of a cannibal family for which Esther has also been cast as the mother.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 724 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Demetri Estdelacropolis
- Demetri EstdelacropolisDimira / Lucie
- Esther VargasMother
- Michel GagnonPsycho / Dentist
- George AgetteesFlaky Porno Director
- Pierre BastienGay Basher
- Christian DufaultN.Y. boy friend
- Lawrence JosephHollywood Movie Producer
- Harry KaragopianHarry
- W.A. MacGregorCouch Prop
- Marjorie MortonWoman with Pliers