Did your Mom like it?
Yes, she thought it was a very well done movie.
However, I couldn't react to it fully with her there.
My mom has a fear for me, that I'll have a Matthew Sheppard style attack in my future. I had not read the short story before seeing the movie. I knew it was out there, but I refused to read it. Any time I've read a book, then seen the movie, I always leave feeling "the book was better".
So that I could enjoy the film fully, I swore not to read the book. As a result, I had no idea about the tire iron scene. When that scene happened, I bottled it up, because I knew if I reacted to that, it would freak out my mom.