mother!
Psychological thriller from Oscar-nominated writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan). Stars Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests (Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris) arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
- Director:
- Darren Aronofsky ('Requiem For a Dream', 'Pi', 'The Wrestler', 'Noah')
- Writer:
- Darren Aronofsky
- Cast:
- Jennifer LawrenceJavier BardemEd HarrisMichelle PfeifferDomhnall GleesonBrian GleesonKristen Wiig
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksI'd put Darren Aronofsky alongside Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese as one of the finest American filmmakers working today. His latest, however, is more like a David Lynch film: something challenging to decode that'll be hugely rewarding to some and simply frustrating to others.
Review: mother!
I absolutely hated this film. Now, before I get my head chopped off - I understood the film. I got it. It was hard not to get it as it was as subtle as a brick through a window - and that was part of why I didn't connect with this film at all. I would say that I was completely locked into this film for around an hour (at most). I was intrigued as to...
She'll give you something to cry about.
mother! is a hard film to describe without ruining since much of it's dubious pleasure comes from how unpredictable it is. It's not interested in approximating reality as we know it but, rather, spinning it's own heightened, allegorical reality, a bad dream that gets badder and dreamier as it approaches fever-pitch. It is a horror film, but not in the...
mother! lover giver rarely a receiver fighter. after youths addicted to sugar after women dancing to Tchaikovsky Darren Aronofsky delivers another emersively singular heart-stopper. like most art, it’s flawed but not like any other. the Rosemary’s Baby-esque poster is not a coincidence I also like his preference of women, like the beautiful Jennifer...
Vulture
pressMost of the dialogue and effects are clunky, repetitive, second-rate. A minute or so of David Lynch's latest Twin Peaks series has more irrational menace. For all its feverish activity, Mother! feels static.
Variety
pressBy all means, go to "mother!" and enjoy its roller-coaster-of-weird exhibitionism. But be afraid, very afraid, only if you're hoping to see a movie that's as honestly disquieting as it is showy.
Time Out
pressGrappling with this climax - steeped in gore, religious symbolism, hundreds of marauding strangers (including Kristen Wiig) and sheer chutzpah - is the moviegoing gauntlet of the year.
The Guardian
pressMother! escalates the anxiety and ups the ante of dismay with every scene, every act, every trimester, taking us in short order from WTF to WTAF to SWTAF and beyond.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressWhatever you say about the ending, you can't call it an anticlimax.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA very Rosemary's Baby-like intimate horror tale that definitely grabs your attention and eventually soars well over the top to make the bold concluding statement that, for some creators, art is more important than life.
FilmInk
pressA dense, delirious, playful and serious work of capital A art, and easily the most ambitious film to come out of a major studio since Kubrick.
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksI'd put Darren Aronofsky alongside Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese as one of the finest American filmmakers working today. His latest, however, is more like a David Lynch film: something challenging to decode that'll be hugely rewarding to some and simply frustrating to others.
Vulture
pressMost of the dialogue and effects are clunky, repetitive, second-rate. A minute or so of David Lynch's latest Twin Peaks series has more irrational menace. For all its feverish activity, Mother! feels static.
Variety
pressBy all means, go to "mother!" and enjoy its roller-coaster-of-weird exhibitionism. But be afraid, very afraid, only if you're hoping to see a movie that's as honestly disquieting as it is showy.
Time Out
pressGrappling with this climax - steeped in gore, religious symbolism, hundreds of marauding strangers (including Kristen Wiig) and sheer chutzpah - is the moviegoing gauntlet of the year.
The Guardian
pressMother! escalates the anxiety and ups the ante of dismay with every scene, every act, every trimester, taking us in short order from WTF to WTAF to SWTAF and beyond.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressWhatever you say about the ending, you can't call it an anticlimax.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA very Rosemary's Baby-like intimate horror tale that definitely grabs your attention and eventually soars well over the top to make the bold concluding statement that, for some creators, art is more important than life.
FilmInk
pressA dense, delirious, playful and serious work of capital A art, and easily the most ambitious film to come out of a major studio since Kubrick.
Review: mother!
I absolutely hated this film. Now, before I get my head chopped off - I understood the film. I got it. It was hard not to get it as it was as subtle as a brick through a window - and that was part of why I didn't connect with this film at all. I would say that I was completely locked into this film for around an hour (at most). I was intrigued as to...
She'll give you something to cry about.
mother! is a hard film to describe without ruining since much of it's dubious pleasure comes from how unpredictable it is. It's not interested in approximating reality as we know it but, rather, spinning it's own heightened, allegorical reality, a bad dream that gets badder and dreamier as it approaches fever-pitch. It is a horror film, but not in the...
mother! lover giver rarely a receiver fighter. after youths addicted to sugar after women dancing to Tchaikovsky Darren Aronofsky delivers another emersively singular heart-stopper. like most art, it’s flawed but not like any other. the Rosemary’s Baby-esque poster is not a coincidence I also like his preference of women, like the beautiful Jennifer...
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