It's Oedipal to the utmost, utterly unacceptable, and of course, that taboo is what makes it all so darn erotic.
Watts and Wright both deliver the kind of soul-searching performances you'd expect from them, and writer/director Anne Fontaine stretches out every moment of lurid desire and tender transgression with the understanding that as untoward as the circumstance may be, it's all strung on an underpinning of deep, shared love. Adore treats the concept seriously, with a lot of warmth and understanding for the morally conflicted characters and their salacious and oh-so-steamy predicament. Adore gets real weird with it in what's pretty much a dramatic rendering of The Lonely Island's 'Mother Lover' starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright as two lifelong best friends who fall for each other's sons. Looking for something fairly twisted without going full-on Nymphomaniac? Look no further. Cast: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn
