Kids are Hard (The Babadook)

 

Reviewed by Paris

The woman in this movie, she doesn't have it easy.  She's dealing with her grief, her post partum depression has lasted a long time, and her son might be be on the autism spectrum.  That is a tough combination for sure.  I am not sure I understand, but I certainly sympathize.

There's a part in the movie where the mother is at the doctor crying that she needs some sleep. I remember a period when Milo woke up every night at 1 and was awake the entire night.  I would hear him wake up and start banging on the walls and I would start crying that it was still happening.  I told Natalie that I thought we needed to go to the doctor and ask for drugs because we could not take it anymore.

When the mother sits up in bed and yells at her son to stop talking and leave her alone, I remembered all the times things like that were so close to coming out of my mouth.

What I am saying is, there are a lot of places in this movie that hit a little close to home.  I don't have it as bad as the mother in this movie, but I think I understand, and maybe even all parents would.