Knock, Knock, It's Mom!

Knock, Knock, It's Mom! (Un tour chez ma fille, 2021) is Eric Lavaine's French comedy, free to watch online on iFILM. With her apartment torn up for renovations, Jacqueline moves in with her eldest daughter Carole and her son-in-law — just for a few days, she promises.

A few days stretches into weeks, then months. Jacqueline settles in fast. She cooks dinner for everyone, claims the TV remote as her own, rearranges the kitchen to her liking and hands out advice nobody asked for. The catch: Carole and her husband happen to be in the middle of couples therapy, and having a tireless mother-in-law parked under their roof turns a shaky truce into a daily test of patience. Josiane Balasko and Mathilde Seigner take the leads, with Jérôme Commandeur as the long-suffering husband.

A light, painfully familiar movie about how the people closest to us drive us up the wall over the smallest household stuff. Eighty-eight easygoing minutes, ideal for a night when you just want to laugh. Stream Knock, Knock, It's Mom! (2021) online on iFILM.