User Reviews

This is a wonderful short film, it's about an old woman and her life. she tells the story, by showing bits of her body. very touching, I recommend this movie very much.

If you can't deal with looking at an old female body, this movie is nothing for you.

there are two elements in the film, her body.. (that's what you see) the story she tells and the music. classical music is only present when it's necessary. there is an undisturbed silence in the movie when she speaks from time to time, but that only makes it more wonderful and touching.

the Title Undressing my mother stand for two things one she does really undress and second she takes of her ''wall''.. she tells you her story.

excellent short film, absolute piece of art.

I'm not sure if the woman seen and heard is actually two different women, or even if she (or they) is/are really the mother of director Wardrop. I'd like to think that at very least the audio track is his mother while the actress is just an actress (mentally I find this easier to cope with!). Whatever the means of delivery though, this film does come over as a wonderfully personal affair that is riveting viewing because of how brutally open it is. The chat covers general memories, discussion on the body and then painful memories and it is thoroughly engaging from start to finish.

There is nothing earth shattering in this film but yet it is interesting. The visual delivery from Wardrop is clever and tasteful. Obviously the sign of a naked elderly woman will send some viewers away from watching but it is not that big a deal. The woman is handled very well and the images fit the dialogue really well because it all conveys a sense of unobtrusive probing of the audience and of unforced openness from the subject. It is a simple project but in several ways it is refreshingly brave and unconcerned with what is fashionable. I'm sure many will hate it because they will only see the images as a naked old woman and switch off, but for me personally I was surprised by how gripping, personal and interesting it was.