There is a good simplicity to the title Mum, I am Alien Pregnant. Out the gate, you already know the premise of this body-horror comedy: A lady will get pregnant by an alien and wishes her mother’s assist. And you have a way of the film’s cheeky sensibility. However can this indie providing out of New Zealand meet the expectations audiences might need for such a wild title? As a result of if you are going to promise a weird-ass film, you higher ship weird-ass. (Taking a look at you, Anaconda.) And I am happy to report that Mum, I am Alien Pregnant does simply that.
All hail THUNDERLIPS, the Kiwi writing/directing duo who’ve made the leap from kooky commercials, candy-colored music movies, and wild quick movies to a characteristic that is among the strangest movies I’ve seen in no less than the final decade, if not ever. Like, in the event you love the Daniels’ Swiss Military Man, I predict your odd coronary heart will adore the goofiness, gloppiness, and total WTF of Mum, I am Alien Pregnant.
For those who like massive swing cinema, you will not wish to miss this one. And there’s extra to it than being completely bonkers.
Mum, I am Alien Pregnant delivers on its promise and goes far past.
Credited as THUNDERLIPS, Sean Wallace and Jordan Mark Windsor have crafted a fully deranged story that is hilarious, heartfelt, and unapologetically gross.
Hannah Lynch stars as Mary, a twentysomething underachiever who nonetheless lives together with her mum (Yvette Parsons) Cynthia, who’s tirelessly — even gratingly — supportive. So, when Mum hears {that a} younger man with a deformed penis has moved into their residence complicated, she suggests Mary search him out. In any case, Mum suggests, Mary’s web search historical past — which incorporates tentacle-porn anime — suggests she is likely to be into that!
Earlier than you may say “get out of my room,” Mary meets Boo (Arlo Inexperienced) in the neighborhood laundry. Some awkward dialog results in clumsy mutual masturbation, not solely revealing Boo’s gossiped-about genitalia — which seems form of like a clam with tentacles and testicles — but in addition ends in a fateful ejaculation that sizzles by way of Mary’s garments and — you guessed it — will get her pregnant.
Mary’s understandably peeved about this predicament. Fortunately, her mum is glad to assist her get post-coital contraceptives. However easy human medicines will not cease this sperm. Boo’s mother, Ann (Jackie van Beek), will clarify: He is half alien as a result of she was impregnated a long time earlier than throughout an abduction. So, his seed is not of this world. And it is inflicting Mary every kind of hilarious and horrifying issues, like a hyper-accelerated being pregnant.
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Mum, I am Alien Pregnant is uniquely and unabashedly hilarious.
As proven in laugh-out-loud comedies like What We Do within the Shadows and The Breaker Upperers (each of which additionally characteristic van Beek), New Zealand comedy at its finest is an intoxicating mix of dry humor and absurd premises. Mum, I am Alien Pregnant has such a stellar humorousness, which completely fits its setting. One second, we’re watching a reasonably typical dust-up between a surly twentysomething daughter and her chipper mum; the subsequent we’re seeing one other mum gently chastising her half-alien son for masturbating, as a result of his blue/electrical ejaculate makes the lights within the constructing flicker. Let’s not annoy our new neighbors, sweetie!
THUNDERLIPS fills their fucked-up and humorous movie with such comical contrasts. Mary is ornery, snarling at everybody from her mum to her otherworldly child daddy, and a small military of docs who deal with them each like science experiments as they search assist. Boo is absolutely the reverse: wide-eyed, passive, and mumbling. (Although he says he has an OnlyFans account, the place he is extra of an exhibitionist. However he would not present his face.)
Then there’s their mums. As sniping as Mary is, her mom is endlessly cheery, with Ann being dryly shut-down in distinction. Altogether they make for a chaotic collective as they maneuver by way of fashionable drugs attempting to cease this being pregnant, which is dashing alongside in hours as an alternative of months. And simply as THUNDERLIPS will not shrink back from exhibiting off the alien junk in Boo’s boxers, they will not balk at exploring the mind-breaking weirdness of being pregnant.
Mary is tormented by unusual rashes, projectile vomiting, and her boobs rising abruptly and intensely. Normal stuff, proper? Mistaken. We’re not speaking Knocked Up or Neighbors-styled being pregnant jokes. THUNDERLIPS pushes it additional, with a transparent Aliens affect, however with daring splashes of shade that preserve the physique horror from gestating into nightmares. And that each one culminates into a completely bonkers ending with a setting that pushes the being pregnant weirdness to an entire new degree.
Mum, I am Alien Pregnant is gross and deeply human.
Mary is a bitch. However watching her be bossed about by her well-meaning mother, impregnated by the bozo subsequent door, after which poked and prodded by docs with curiosity however little caring, it is simple to see why. She’s having to advocate for herself in a world the place too many individuals assume ladies not solely wish to be moms however simply ought to be.
At no level does Mary need this child, so her pursuit of an abortion is the principle thrust of the plot. Everybody round her speaks with both a comically flat impact or in a jaunty tone, making it clear she feels surrounded by fools. “Why should you make this all so humiliating?” she understandably bellows at a physician.
Lynch is unimaginable in each second of righteous rage. THUNDERLIPS rejects the Hollywood stress to create a heroine who’s female, beautiful, sort, and even proficient. Like Muriel’s Marriage ceremony, Mum, I am Alien Pregnant facilities on a loser who’s compelling with out being inspiring. Lynch brings sensible verve into this position, colliding together with her daffier co-stars whereas grounding this unhinged story of unintended alien being pregnant by way of gritted enamel and a tough stare. Each time she tells somebody she’s “alien pregnant” it is humorous, due to how frank — and albeit pissed-off — she is. Mary could also be accused of being imply, however she’s rightfully livid on the world round her that may bully her into the position of mom.
THUNDERLIPS reveals a eager sensitivity to this maternity stress with out getting sentimental. By making her being pregnant so additional(terrestrial), they bolster her feeling that the world has gone mad round her. The ultimate act, which includes a number of feminine views on being pregnant and parenthood, lastly creates a protected area for Mary. And the conclusion is well-earned but surprising in its subversion.
On its floor, Mum, I am Alien Pregnant performs like an outrageous midnight film, wealthy in wild jokes, gross-out gags, and racy sci-fi spectacle. However beneath that, THUNDERLIPS has constructed a compelling mother-daughter story that empathetically probes the selection to be child-free. So, in the event you see this for the unapologetically unhinged comedy, you gained’t be disillusioned. However you may stroll away with some refreshing illustration and weirdly ready meals for thought as effectively.
Mum, I am Alien Pregnant was reviewed out of the 2026 Sundance Movie Pageant.
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