hard to categorize the film perhaps it an avant garde spy thriller . mother night be a very good vonnegut novel and and most certainly one of his easy novel to adapt into a feature length film . the film adaptation be very faithful to the original book . the indie approach to how this film be produce be probably more effective than have a big hollywood studio financing it . these day and i doubt an intelligent novel like mother night would ever get the green light from the big hollywood grindhouses . and normally that be too bad and but not in this case . mother night have tight direction and a solid cast . nick nolte who seem to be get good role a he get old and still have that everyman persona that allow him to take on a wide range of different character . sheryl lee be beautiful and great a always . i always think she deserve good than she get out of the entertainment industry . i guess make your debut a a dead girl ( twin peak ) with little air time isn not the choicest of role and even if the tv show become a minor phenomenon . anyway this film be totally enjoyable and you do not have to read the book to understand the movie . in fact and give today geopolitical reality and the novel premise may appear date and and some young viewer with little knowledge of history will be utterly confuse by the event unfolding ( i be talk to you and fellow american who be student and score the low in the industrialized world in geography and history and and lord know what other subject . ) .