SwapaDVD logo
 
 

Search - Mammoth on DVD


Mammoth
Mammoth
Actors: Michelle Williams, Gael Garcia Bernal
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror
UR     2010     2hr 5min

New York City workaholic parents are slowed down by a chain of events that can possibly change their lives.

     
6

Larger Image

Movie Details

Actors: Michelle Williams, Gael Garcia Bernal
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror
Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror
Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen
DVD Release Date: 04/20/2010
Original Release Date: 01/01/2006
Theatrical Release Date: 00/00/2006
Release Year: 2010
Run Time: 2hr 5min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 2
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Similar Movies

The Trial Begins
Ws Sub
Director: Vincenzo Marra
2
   UR   2010   1hr 38min

Similarly Requested DVDs

Funny Games
2008
   R   2008   1hr 52min
   
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Director: Peter Webber
   PG-13   2004   1hr 40min
   
The Extra Man
Director: Robert Pulcini;Shari Springer Berman
   R   2010   1hr 48min
   
It's All About Love
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
   R   2005   1hr 44min
   
What Just Happened
   R   2009   1hr 44min
   
Incendiary
Director: Sharon Maguire
   R   2009   1hr 40min
   
The Life Before Her Eyes
Director: Vadim Perelman
   R   2008   1hr 30min
   
Outrage Way of the Yakuza
Director: Takeshi Kitano
3
   R   2012   1hr 49min
   
Being John Malkovich
Director: Spike Jonze
   R   2002   1hr 52min
   
 

Movie Reviews

Finding Home
Grady Harp | Los Angeles, CA United States | 12/26/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"MAMMOTH is a sensitively written and directed film by Lukas Moodysson that adroitly traces three stories that all intertwine within the confines of one family. It touches on many aspects of human relationships but the one driving force behind each of the several stories that are woven in this film is the importance of family. It is a profoundly moving film beautifully brought to life by a fine cast of actors.



Leo Vidales (Gael García Bernal in yet another role that proves he is one of the finest actors on the screen today, despite his young age) is a highly successful designer of video games, married to Ellen (Michelle Williams), a committed Physician and Surgeon, and parent to a vibrant little girl Jackie (Sophie Nyweide) who is devoted to her Filipino nanny Gloria (Marife Necesito) who is living with the Vidales to make money to send home to her treasured young sons Manuel (Martin Delos Santos) and Salvador (Jan David G. Nicdao) living in the Philippines with their grandmother (Maria Esmeralda del Carmen). Leo's family unit is warm and secure (the only minor crack in the veneer is young Jackie's preference for spending time with the more available Gloria than with Ellen due to Ellen's long hours in the hospital).



Leo is called to Thailand on a business trip to sell his ideas to Thai entrepreneurs and while there his business partner (Thomas McCarthy) suggests that he partake of the feminine charms readily available in this country. Leo is faithful and declines advances from call girls but eventually gives in to a beautiful young Cookie (Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot) only to be driven by remorse to make a quick sell of his product to return to his family. Meanwhile at home Ellen is devastated by the death of one of her young patients and in her distress she must allow Gloria to return to the Philippines whose one son has been severely beaten in his attempt to gain more money for his family so that his mother needn't work in the USA.

How the results of all these traumas resolve forms the touching ending of this moving story.



While each of the actors mentioned is superb, Gael García Bernal shines in a very subtle role as does Michelle Williams who manages to make Ellen credible without becoming saccharine. Yes, if the story sounds a bit like another film in the style of Alejandro González Iñárritu ('Babel') or Paul Haggis ('Crash'), then that is a fine comparison as this film is in many ways a more intimate version of that kind of storytelling. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, December 09"
Where Do All the Children Play?
The Cultural Sojourner | Southern California | 08/05/2010
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Disregard the film synopsis. These interwined stories, from varying cultural standpoints, confront and question post-modern values. The pursuit of money to better our lives and childrens' exacts a high price. Each character determines if the cost is worth it. This film's direction, symbolism and 'message' is far from subtle."