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Mother!

2017
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
2h 1m
Centers on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. (imdb)
Directed by:
Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky
Written by:
Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky
Starring:
Ed Harris Ed Harris Michelle Pfeiffer Michelle Pfeiffer Javier Bardem Javier Bardem Stephen McHattie Stephen McHattie Emily Hampshire Emily Hampshire Kristen Wiig Kristen Wiig Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence Brian Gleeson Patricia Summersett Amanda Chiu Stephanie Ng Wan
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Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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USA
Language:
English
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Mother!

2017
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
2h 1m
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leonardisLeonardis
Rated 06 Feb 2018
92
70th
I love Arronofsky. That being said, this definitely is not for everyone. Neither was Black Swan or Requiem for a Dream. This is certainly one of the most bizarre movies I have ever seen, but I do really like it. It gets really crazy but it also gets really powerful, especially that ending scene between the leads. Bardem is really good and Lawrence is magnetic. Really dark, complex, unsettling, claustrophobic, and totally bonkers. I don't think anything can fully prepare you for this.
Rated 06 Feb 2018
moonsmilkmoonsmilk
Rated 04 Oct 2017
3
8th
I think I hate this? There's some genuinely audacious imagery here, but the metaphors which drive this movie feels incredibly obvious and sophomoric. It pretends to explore a feminist narrative, but it comes off as really sexist and exploitative. This feels like watching a Bunuel film where Bunuel is shouting the allegorical meaning of every scene at you.
Rated 04 Oct 2017
paxtonPaxton
Rated 22 Sep 2017
69
59th
It's as if Paul Thomas Anderson was so outraged with the end results of Ben Wheatley's High Rise that he wrote his own version and then very wisely crumpled it up and threw it into the trash. End of story. Except Aronofsky is a little desperate after the failure of Noah and happens to be snooping around PTA's office when he finds it. He could take it but basing it on Ballard's novel would be obvious theft. Wait! What book sold more copies? That's right: The Bible. I now proudly present Mother!
Rated 22 Sep 2017
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 23 Sep 2017
50
21st
This was some allegory for me wasting money on movie tickets and not learning my lesson. Chili's baaaaaaaby back ribs.
Rated 23 Sep 2017
guy_piranhaguy piranha
Rated 07 Dec 2017
60
40th
What's set up with enough ambiguity to allow the plot to work on its own merit, without the biblical allegories, quickly devolves into a bombardment of quasi-preacherous setpieces that don't leave room for anything but attempted shock value and finger-wagging at humanity's depravity. It's almost as if aronofsky watched "project x" and thought: "hey, wanna see a house party REALLY get out of hand?"
Rated 07 Dec 2017
twincinematwincinema
Rated 17 Sep 2017
55
29th
I love the technical aspects of this film (love the use of close-ups and surround sound), and the first half where it feels like "Repulsion/Rosemary's Baby" is a very good film. However, the second half which comes in as an assault on your senses, featuring scenes that loudly proclaim "THIS IS A BIBLICAL ALLEGORY" were too much for me. Oh my god, I am complaining that Arnofosky, the man who brought us "Requiem", is not subtle.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
aaautinAAAutin
Rated 15 Dec 2017
85
93rd
This is what happens when you let guests keep their shoes on in the house.
Rated 15 Dec 2017
terrymacterrymac
Rated 18 Oct 2019
79
81st
I get that this is supposed to be allegorical, but I'm not quite bright enough to be able to unpick all of it; I trust much of it was religious in nature? So, I'm left with a rather beautifully-realised fever dream of a film that got right under my skin. The camerawork and setting were very effective, creating a claustrophobic, tense atmosphere that just seems to escalate towards the frankly mental end scenes. The assorted cast were great. Quite terrifying in its own way, and worth another look.
Rated 18 Oct 2019
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 29 Jul 2018
27
1st
There was a small outcry from conservative Christians when Aronofsky came out with Noah, which clearly wasn't supposed to be an adaptation of the bible, but he really wanted to piss people off when he wrote this conceited load of crap. I'm sure the same people who consider The Holy Mountain to be "high art" will praise it, but Mother! sucks balls. It's like the script was made from sticking a Bible and The Exterminating Angel in a blender and taping it back together in no particular order.
Rated 29 Jul 2018
bernardobrumbernardobrum
Rated 18 Sep 2017
45
5th
Aronofsky's ego trip, where he tells the same story three times, a lot of biblical metaphors without any reflection and a home invasion film redundant to the limit. A weak and self-indulgent version of what Roman Polanski, George A. Romero and Wes Craven did much better.
Rated 18 Sep 2017
trixrabbiTrixRabbi
Rated 18 Sep 2017
87
94th
I can understand mainstream audiences rejecting this but film people shitting on this should know better. I was never an Aronofsky fanboy before this but time will vindicate him and this amazing film which has been nothing but oversimplified since its press screenings. Phenomenal work.
Rated 18 Sep 2017
sagesledgeSageSledge
Rated 16 Sep 2017
100
91st
Much like David Lynch's "Eraserhead", albeit with more of a slight narrative bent, "mother!" is a film that demands your exclusive attention, from its first frames to the moment it ends, a glorious, crashing concerto of sound, fury, and inescapable, crushing dread, with much of its thematic content being buried under layers of subtext. It's there, it's deeply rewarding to see play out when you're clued in, and I've never seen something quite like it. Not for everyone, but most certainly for me.
Rated 16 Sep 2017
schnofelschnofel
Rated 05 Dec 2017
23
7th
It functions exclusively as a metaphor, which is just another level of tiresome to me. And existentially speaking, isn't the whole religiously tainted oversimplification of life the (fundamental) burden of our time? Because after Noah and this, I'd ask Aronofsky to please step away from my front door.
Rated 05 Dec 2017
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 19 Sep 2017
9
92nd
!, Volatile, infuriating, downright ridiculousness crafted with absolute finesse into a face/off of patience. I was mad, I was crazed, I laughed, I was squeamish, !. Just the sort of experience you want to talk about.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
detoxDetox
Rated 17 Sep 2017
43
16th
Like a remake of Life of Brian, but it's funny for all the wrong reasons. The movie never succeeds at making the stupid crap that happens here believable and when the brothers came I started to laugh. The dialogues are atrocious and the characters don't deserve that label. And yes, I get that almost everything was allegorical but nothing comes around but the usual stuff about art and fame and blablabla.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
ytadelYtadel
Rated 15 Jan 2018
5
57th
This is a 100% accurate depiction of how I feel every time my wife has houseguests over
Rated 15 Jan 2018
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 10 Oct 2017
35
9th
Worst biblical metaphor ever made.
Rated 10 Oct 2017
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 17 Sep 2017
94
94th
The Bible condensed into two hours, as told with particular emphasis in certain key places by a Kabbalistic Gnostic. Spoiler alert. To its credit, mother! builds to a feverish, nonsensical delirium in just those key places, thanks to its Black Box theater style - using cinematic tools (including some of the best sound design this year, and the use of close-up) to generate the dramatic dread a good chamber drama should. Unfortunately, its pretentiousness will keep most viewers at a distance.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
moncliviemonclivie
Rated 05 Nov 2017
60
21st
First it's annoying, then it goes over the top, then it goes way further becoming a parody of itself, and finally it became so ridiculous that I just didn't care anymore and enjoyed the ending as a comedy gold.
Rated 05 Nov 2017
lydiatartistlydiatartist
Rated 29 Sep 2017
25
8th
Rachel Weisz did the right thing.
Rated 29 Sep 2017
markjpMArkjp
Rated 20 Sep 2017
85
80th
aka "The Introvert's Worst Nightmare" An absolute hellscape vision of the 21st century.
Rated 20 Sep 2017
suture_selfSuture Self
Rated 15 Sep 2017
6
54th
J Law is Aronofsky's sacrificial lamb and she is flogged for the duration of what one could call an extended 2 hour long biblical metaphor. I'm not sure it adds up to much, though for a while the sequence of events does keep you guessing. Some discrete moments are undeniably powerful. The problem is, the glue that connects the sequence of events is often weak and incoherent. You can project all kinds of "statements" onto the story, which, at the end, reveals itself to be somewhat of a gimmick.
Rated 15 Sep 2017
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 08 Mar 2018
6
34th
In a perfect world, this would be Buster Bluth's favourite movie.
Rated 08 Mar 2018
rosenritterrosenritter
Rated 09 Dec 2017
7
67th
I loved it, I hated it.
Rated 09 Dec 2017
yoohooyoohoo
Rated 18 Oct 2017
75
52nd
What. The. Fuck. I have my ideas and so do other people. Some people don't have any ideas at all and I'm almost jealous of them. It's polarizing and the last 30 minutes is a delve into complete insanity that I don't know if is matched in film history. Aronofsky was entirely intentional with what he did here and that is both sickening and awe inspiring.
Rated 18 Oct 2017
djrossdjross
Rated 24 Jan 2018
84
95th
On creation: artistic, procreative and terrestrial. On the one hand, an intensification of Scorsese's LIFE LESSONS, on the other hand, an allegory of the fall: first with the arrival of man, second with the age of the Book and sacrifice, third with the Anthropocene as planetary apocalypse. Many agree that cinema is oneiric, but never address the fact that dreams are in the first person: here, Aronofsky pushes this question further than he did in BLACK SWAN. Negative responses seem disingenuous.
Rated 24 Jan 2018
dakota99Dakota99
Rated 11 Feb 2018
9
95th
My god, I have no idea what I just watched, but I know I loved every second of it. Mother! Is maybe the darkest, and most complex movies I've ever seen. Aronofsky's project delves deep into emotional and physiological divide between man and women and the lives they envision. The imagery and imagination for this type of film isn't for everyone, but is so unique that I am left in awe over it. Bardem and Lawrence are great, both powerful and showed a lot of range for something like this.
Rated 11 Feb 2018
kasperlKasperL
Rated 04 Oct 2017
75
77th
This allegorical and definitely-not-to-be-taken-literally psychological thriller-turned-apocalypse-level-craziness is clearly ripe for lots of interpretation and extrapolation, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it might go up a few notches on a rewatch. But I'm not exactly itching to sit through that finale again anytime soon!
Rated 04 Oct 2017
blakeengelBlakeEngel
Rated 23 Sep 2017
4
1st
If one decides to demolish all sense of story for the sake of pure allegory, then the allegory should provide insight. We are all familiar with the Biblical stories, so "updating" them should be a tool to connect these archetypal stories to something familiar. In mother!, there is no insight, no familiarity, nothing to connect to or with. I went into this movie knowing that humans are currently desecrating the world. When I walked out, I learned nothing new. What was the point?
Rated 23 Sep 2017
kojilessKojiless
Rated 16 Feb 2018
60
65th
In this prequel to Hunger Games, Katniss prepares dinner and washes Michelle Pfeiffer's panties while little old Arren from down the block compares thinking up a good poem to childbirth.
Rated 16 Feb 2018
vassagoVassago
Rated 29 Sep 2017
87
94th
Everyone captures a different side of the story but I think the biblical aspect is so underlined that it is actually not about Bible. IMO, this is a story about a creative man having difficulties finding his new work. Harris is the first character he writes, than comes Pfeiffer and their sons. The writer becomes the creator of his story, a god perhaps. Finally he produces something, than comes the fame and glory with it but all this process excludes his wife, who strives to be a part of it..
Rated 29 Sep 2017
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 16 Sep 2017
100
99th
Darren Aronofsky has created a fantastic movie in mother!, but it's only going to show itself as such if you are willing to put in the mental work to figure it out. It's not obtuse to the point of inaccessibility, and it functions as a good horror-thriller even if you don't want to look for and figure out its various allegories, metaphors, and symbolism, but it only comes together as a whole if you are willing to think about it for some time after it ends.
Rated 16 Sep 2017
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 12 Feb 2018
90
83rd
As an analogical interpretation of Genesis/Creation, film is a little too obvious and on-the-nose at times, but an incredibly unnerving and disturbing experience taken at face value as a bizarro full throttle horror film -- Aronofsky claims it was written in 5 days as a fever dream and that's exactly how it felt! Lawrence is frighteningly intense in the lead, almost matched by Pfeiffer in support. It's a shame that perhaps by design, Bardem and Harris are given little to do.
Rated 12 Feb 2018
mrolivierMr.Olivier
Rated 22 Oct 2018
87
89th
Goddamnit I'm under enough stress between school & work & all this other bullshit, I really have to find lighter fare to watch in what little available free time I have, like Haneke or von Trier films. This was exhausting. Gonna go watch kitten videos on YouTube now.
Rated 22 Oct 2018
cclzaCCLZA
Rated 22 Sep 2017
70
51st
Well executed narrative mess. Pfeiffer's character deserved better! It's quite funny and entertaining, though. But the underlined, obvious parables don't work as neatly as Aronofsky thinks they do.
Rated 22 Sep 2017
cogsworthcogsworth
Rated 17 Sep 2017
80
53rd
Supremely unsettling.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
bownBown
Rated 19 Sep 2017
87
84th
Heavy-handed and overwrought - of course, its Aronofsky - but also stunningly powerful and angry, with some of the best raw filmmaking of his career. The claustrophobic cinematography and impressive use of surround sound make for a truly unnerving experience, while Lawrence and Bardem are incredible and terrifying in their allegorical roles. The blend of environmental and Biblical themes are bound to put off many - how did this get a wide release? - but it's an amazing accomplishment.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
judo_koalaJudo Koala
Rated 31 Jan 2018
80
75th
An allegorical tale so blackly hilarious, so completely bonkers, and so very memorable as to elicit an emotion--any kind, every kind--from you, regardless of how you feel towards it on a personal level. Disgust, anger, confusion, amusement, awe, whatever: Aronofsky creates an environment whose palpable claustrophobia is matched in Mood-Setting by ingenious sound design, an environment as hostile to its characters as to you, the Viewer. Aronofsky off the rails is creative freedom at its finest.
Rated 31 Jan 2018
hiresdesHiResDes
Rated 14 Feb 2018
65
26th
How many biblical references can I hamfist into one movie? It's entirely too on the nose and would be more effective with a little subtlety. The narrative proceeds in an inorganic manner without any regard to establishing context and a total attention to biblical plot devices and overtly force feeding its pedantic statements. There's a self congratulatory smirk that persists throughout it cutting through all of its suspense and tension, which renders its most potentially tense scenes comedic.
Rated 14 Feb 2018
filliganFilligan
Rated 26 Sep 2017
75
32nd
Darren Aronofsky is a fucking fucko but he's a talented filmmaker. This film is the antithesis of nuance and subtlety. At the halfway mark, it eschews its allegorical surface story and embraces the allegory itself as its story. Fucking weird, fucking ridiculous, fucking pretentious as all get out. And though it starts to wear on the senses, it's done so well that I can't fault it from a technique perspective. In fact, I admire it on that level. But it's a fever dream and those are never fun.
Rated 26 Sep 2017
darrenDarren
Rated 20 Sep 2017
85
85th
Maybe I'd hate it if i saw it again but honestly feeling a bit validated being a Noah defender because Aronofsky was clearly growing to something like this. An unhinged look at environmentalism,religion,the nature of celebrity and the struggles with creation literally and artistically. How he was given huge money to do this and it got a wide release is crazy. Love Paramount sticking up for the film and tossing shade at netflix in doing so.
Rated 20 Sep 2017
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 18 Sep 2017
87
96th
A masterpiece of insanity. Metaphors bouncing all over the place.
Rated 18 Sep 2017
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 05 Oct 2017
10
5th
The Bible for Mac users (or film students).
Rated 05 Oct 2017
cgcorecgcore
Rated 18 Dec 2017
48
25th
what an allegorical shitstorm..
Rated 18 Dec 2017
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 25 Sep 2018
4
74th
The religious allegory seems to have been either too esoteric for mass audiences, or bludgeoned with a hamfist for more enlightened cinephiles, but for me this film's power lays in a more straightforward and timely metaphor: a woman is not the master of her own dominion, put upon by any who stroll through the door, idolized as a "goddess" but destroyed and taken advantage of. It's immediate and visceral, gut-wrenching and dreadful, communicated with stellar sound design and warped perspective.
Rated 25 Sep 2018
jacobclark12jacobclark12
Rated 18 Mar 2018
86
81st
The ambiguity and allegory of mother! makes it one of the deepest cinematic experiences I have ever had. Lawrence and Bardem's performances reveal so much about the various possible meanings present that the evocative imagery present hints toward. Despite some deliberate pacing issues that help the story and allegory but hurt the film, Darren Aronofsky does not shy away from presenting his vision in its full glory and gore, making one of the most thought-provoking films of the decade.
Rated 18 Mar 2018
chadisdangerchadisdanger
Rated 17 Sep 2017
80
61st
Flawed as all hell: unconvincing on a personal level (making the blunt and somewhat shallow allegory really stand out) and it's clear that Aronofsky wrote this in a really short period of time. That being said, this is a wildly audacious, thrilling, and impressively directed piece of work. I'll take this, warts and all, over committee-designed studio stuff any day. Big props to Paramount for allowing this madness to happen.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
bricksBricks
Rated 11 Dec 2017
35
4th
What a waste of two hours
Rated 11 Dec 2017
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 18 Sep 2017
100
90th
Buckle up (literally), Aronofsky is back in form - and what form it is. Definitely not going to be everyone's cup of tea but for me it's the most brilliant and uncomfortable two hours of 2017 thus far, and I need to lay down immediately. Bardem and Lawrence are fantastic.
Rated 18 Sep 2017
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 11 Dec 2017
50
49th
The first third is far too slow. It's a confusing surreal slog through almost all of it. Filled with chaos, rude bizarre people, strange events and weird visions. Eerie and foreboding music and sound. Jennifer Lawrence is prominent and captivating. It is incredibly tedious and awkward, but it occasionally strikes the nerve of a forgotten childhood fear. I intensely disliked the deranged psychotic ending which is a grotesque descent into religious allegory.
Rated 11 Dec 2017
dean_franzDean Franz
Rated 13 Mar 2018
85
84th
The biblical epic in cinema has invariably been fraught with a dire lack of personality, rendering all of them at least partially unwatchable. DeMille had his hilarously transparant hypocrisy and Pasolini his righteous political anger, but still- Éh. But Aranofsky has solved this conondrum wonderfully with this blatantly allegorical thriller. It's unwieldy, completely overambitious, utterly awesome and very much the work of an auteur rather than a committee.
Rated 13 Mar 2018
kmilchev1Kmilchev1
Rated 21 Sep 2017
85
91st
A beautiful and tragic allegory for the book of Genesis, presenting mother! as mother nature, the Man as God, the almighty creator, the first couple(Harris, Pfeiffer) as Adam and Eve, their sons as Abel and Cain, the occurings as global warming and the alarming message that nothing will change, we will parish and hopefully a better life will appear. A nice gem from the film would be the powder that mother was using in order to calm herself, which represents faith.
Rated 21 Sep 2017
dumptruk4lifDumptruk4Lif
Rated 17 Sep 2017
96
92nd
If there was a cinematic adaptation of Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, this would be it. One of those movies where the level of dread is equal to the level of discomfort and comedy. It's amazing how the story can blend so much emotion and psychological confrontation, at the same time telling a very abstract story with multiple ways to interpret it, and have it all make sense.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
bofbof
Rated 06 Dec 2017
60
39th
This may be the most 2017 movie imaginable; the trappings of fame, the folly of male genius and the plebs who would analyze Aron... uh, God, the entitledness of those who have everything and those desperate for something to believe in, the normalization of the quite literally unheimlich, all through the eyes of Woman with a capital Whuh? Impressive as it is, though, I'm not sure a feature-length version of the dog-suit blowjob scene from The Shining is the best framework for all that allez-gory.
Rated 06 Dec 2017
byderByder
Rated 25 Dec 2017
85
96th
Most movies let you experience things. This movie is a experience.
Rated 25 Dec 2017
stewballStewball
Rated 16 Sep 2017
0
0th
I'm passing on Rex Reed's review, saying the worst movie of the century. Also read it to see the best negative review of the millennium.
Rated 16 Sep 2017
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 07 Oct 2017
91
97th
She's got the devil in there. How misogynist and selfish a man can be. A user. And so is the entire humankind. Some very provocative images in the very end though it is not exactly a horror story.
Rated 07 Oct 2017
seethruskinSeethruskin
Rated 21 Sep 2017
5
81st
I was dying when they started crowd surfing the baby.
Rated 21 Sep 2017
dmcrimsonDMCrimson
Rated 18 Oct 2017
70
15th
1. someone is rude 2. "no, stop doing that" 3. they still do that but more. The beat-to-beat narrative is a mess and the underlying metaphor isn't good enough.
Rated 18 Oct 2017
iqcumberiqcumber
Rated 08 Mar 2018
88
93rd
Domestic power struggle on acid
Rated 08 Mar 2018
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 04 May 2018
3
36th
why does aronofsky tether us to Mother's perspective? why are we affiliated with the violated vagina, the shattered muse, the scorched earth, and never the ecstatically ejaculating pen(is)? i don't believe this decision is intended as (would-be disingenuous) apologia; more like aronofsky wants to fuck us into flames too, so his creation can shine ever brighter. at the very least, i can't deny he got inside.
Rated 04 May 2018
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 08 Oct 2017
80
89th
For all that's great about the movie, probably the most interesting thing to me to is that Lawrence willingly became romantically involved with Aronofsky while/after making this movie. Seems strange given that the whole film is basically just about what she's signing up for.
Rated 08 Oct 2017
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 23 Dec 2017
85
87th
I would recommend knowing as little as possible going into it as half the fun is trying to figure out what's going on along with the protagonist. You can still probably watch the trailer as that will just confuse you more. I watched it and could only assume (wrongly) what the movie actually was about. It's allegorical and while I usually dislike movies like that this one wasn't obtuse. There is a somewhat obvious allegory being made overall and some smaller ones you can also see within the story
Rated 23 Dec 2017
janusjanus
Rated 21 Sep 2017
85
88th
Thank God for Aronofsky, one of very few English-language filmmakers anymore still operating at this immodest level of throat-grabbing gusto. The Biblical allegory (hackneyed eco-misanthropy, same as Noah) is as insubstantial and sophomoric as a Banksy but it's also kind of beside the point; it's more a gender politics movie, and a vehicle for great performances and filmmaking technique.
Rated 21 Sep 2017
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 19 Apr 2018
75
89th
I liked it.
Rated 19 Apr 2018
amerigoamerigo
Rated 23 Sep 2017
94
98th
The only film I have ever watched that did justice to Kafka.
Rated 23 Sep 2017
bowfingerbowfinger
Rated 15 Sep 2017
30
22nd
Allegory: The Movie. Let the interpretations begin!
Rated 15 Sep 2017
okayfrogokayfrog
Rated 05 Oct 2017
60
45th
Any other idiot miss the allegory? I guess that's what allowed me to enjoy the film simply for being entertaining. Watching Jennifer Lawrence become more and more fed up with the people invading her house was humorous, and the big shift like 75% in took me a bit by surprise. Things do fall apart a bit when I think about the allegory and the ending, but that didn't stop me from enjoying most of it.
Rated 05 Oct 2017
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 27 Dec 2017
85
95th
I love this CRAZY Aronofsky!
Rated 27 Dec 2017
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 19 Jan 2018
33
5th
I don't know...this is pretty much exactly what you'd expect, if Darren Aronofsky told you he was gonna make a very on-the-nose movie with really obvious metaphors and all annoying characters. And it would be a horror movie, but silly instead of scary. And boring. Don't know why personifying stuff always has to be so dumb in movies. Maybe, because it's always done in such an ignorant and self-masturbatory way. The only part I liked was when she started killing people. :D
Rated 19 Jan 2018
guillaumeGuillaume
Rated 09 Dec 2017
71
43rd
During the view I was too unsure about some (possible) metaphors to actually appreciate them, so it was more annoying than reaffirming when I read up on them and saw them confirmed afterwards. Overall an unsettling movie with a "message" that will not reach everyone properly, but that's not a problem at all. I'll take form over function here, because the message itself is cheesy as hell.
Rated 09 Dec 2017
bentienbentien
Rated 08 Oct 2017
65
61st
A movie that in soooo many ways want you to either love it or hate it, which is what happens for most people. For me, the goods and the bads add up to a film just above average, manly because of the many interpretations, eerie atmosphere and fine performances.
Rated 08 Oct 2017
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 19 Sep 2017
45
27th
I wish I had been provoked or annoyed and not just bored.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 24 Sep 2017
80
73rd
The technical aspects of Aronofsky's film, unsurprisingly, are wonderful. The camera's intimacy, the sound design and the claustrophobic blocking all are impressive. The tedious 120 minutes are just that, however, and I can't say that this was an enjoyable viewing experience. The discussions to follow and the meticulous craft that went into the grand allegory are enough to make me appreciate the film, even if I plan to never watch it again.
Rated 24 Sep 2017
damildamil
Rated 28 Sep 2017
85
95th
Intense, uncomfortable, tactile, unsettling, disturbing. I think some of it can be left up to interpretation, but there's a very heavy religious allegory in there. But there's also other interesting stuff about the life of an artist and gender roles. It's directed very well, and relentlessly. All of the performances are good, and I thought this might be Jennifer Lawrence's best performance in ages. I thought it was an excellent film overall, but I understand why it's been so divisive.
Rated 28 Sep 2017
getmoneygetmoney
Rated 15 Sep 2017
86
81st
Makes Black Swan look like a kids movie (honestly, in some ways this is more like the Fountain).
Rated 15 Sep 2017
goldblumingGoldbluming
Rated 10 Mar 2018
59
14th
No, Darren Aronofsky, no. I did NOT need to see the graphic mutilation and cannibalism of a newborn baby. I picked up your banal themes of female empowerment and Christianity. I get it. I don't need this extreme violence bullshit in my life. Fuck this movie.
Rated 10 Mar 2018
ozonepaulozonepaul
Rated 03 Jan 2018
70
16th
Mother (J. Lawrence) = Mother nature/Earth; Him (J. Bardem) = God; Man (Ed Harris) = Adam; Woman (M. Pfeiffer) = Eve; Oldest Son (D. Gleeson) = Cain; Younger brother (B. Gleeson) = Abel etc. I like the idea of "nature vs a narcissistic God" from nature's perspective, but it's a shame that the realization of the symbolic structure is a mess, it doesn't make me invested in the characters at all. In fact, with some of it's ridiculously misjudged scenes the movie itself becomes narcissistic.
Rated 03 Jan 2018
chengmingchengming
Rated 24 Feb 2018
80
87th
Never fond of navel-gazing (here, how a creative star is dealing with the public) or allusions, particularly biblical ones, but the riveting fashion in which the story develops, as well as the great cuts and sound effects, make this movie a very cinematic experience.
Rated 24 Feb 2018
neonmanNeonman
Rated 27 Sep 2017
93
96th
Obvious, overrated, and inconsistent allegories aside, mother! taken at face value is a purely awesome and cinematic experience, totally succeeding in conveying a fever-nightmare mood. Knowing nothing about it going in, this went into all sorts of unexpected and audacious places, all of which made sense in this story that addresses a wider society surrounding this intense relationship of Mother and Him, wonderfully realised by Lawrence and Bardem. Certainly my cup of tea.
Rated 27 Sep 2017
ajmuradajmurad
Rated 03 Mar 2018
40
11th
Weak, uninteresting allegory. Aronofsky do better.
Rated 03 Mar 2018
obdurateObdurate
Rated 05 Dec 2017
80
67th
The marketing was dogshit. This is not a horror movie; it's told through an ominous lens and has imagery that is reminiscent of that genre, but it is not horror. Excellent sound design and acting work all around. It is a spectacle, especially the last half hour when everything is chaotic. It is at that moment that the secrets reveal themselves; it's thoughtful and metaphorical, but the allegory is not quite as complex as some think. Still great even if it's not as good as most of his other work.
Rated 05 Dec 2017
dulbebdulbeb
Rated 20 Jan 2018
90
72nd
This movie is as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful.
Rated 20 Jan 2018
pyrosexualpyrosexual
Rated 19 Jun 2018
68
20th
I appreciate certain elements of this, such that it seems to be going for a modern Eraserhead from the female's perspective sort of thing, but hate other elements, such as the execution.
Rated 19 Jun 2018
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 17 Sep 2017
80
68th
I thought maybe it was a little too obvious and heavy-handed in its allegory, but reading comments afterwards it seems a lot of people missed it somehow. I like that something this confrontational and bizarre can be released alongside The Emoji Movie, but I suppose that's par for the course when it comes to Aronofsky. I know this could be seen as a reverential re-telling of an important story, but it came across to me as "religion corrupts society" which I found pretty entertaining.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
sissy_boySissy Boy
Rated 01 Jan 2018
50
38th
This feels very much like The Fountain, where Aronofsky just goes berserk. And even though a slight whiff of pretentiousness runs though both, Mother's theme seems just a tiny bit ... banal? Technically - amazing cinematography.
Rated 01 Jan 2018
isaboojumisaboojum
Rated 06 Oct 2017
3
59th
I'm always bummed out when I realize what I thought was a descent-into-madness story is actually something else, something "bigger". But I did enjoy the ride while it lasted.
Rated 06 Oct 2017
calabriaCalabria
Rated 14 Jan 2018
79
51st
Yeah it's a mother earth, yang acting on yin, ravaging-the-feminine, poor Demeter/Isis/Mary thing and all from that cerebral and disconnected comparative religion point of view, but it's really just one big anxiety nightmare...which kinda makes the title more appropriate than its true intention as a pretentious allegory.
Rated 14 Jan 2018
itsbenitsben
Rated 30 Mar 2018
40
35th
Allegorical shit storm aside this does have some very beautiful scenes
Rated 30 Mar 2018
sieghardtSieghardt
Rated 23 Aug 2019
5
2nd
This is essentially the flip side of God's Not Dead and equally terrible.
Rated 23 Aug 2019
nobletNoblet
Rated 01 Jan 2018
35
11th
nah
Rated 01 Jan 2018
3drevelation3dRevelation
Rated 16 Sep 2017
52
16th
A philosopher's fever dream. I was on board until it went off the rails. I have my own idea about the meaning of the film (I'm sure there are several), but I'm not sure I care enough to dig deeper. Lawrence isn't bad, but none of the acting here should garner the praise of Portman or Rourke or Burstyn. The CGI moments don't look that good and I literally laughed at the ending. Easily the worst thing I've seen by Aronofsky in my opinion.
Rated 16 Sep 2017
philamentalphilamental
Rated 12 Dec 2017
51
20th
I've tried but failed to compress my thoughts on Mother into a mini review so this isn't the full picture. 'MArkjp' pointed out that this is an Introvert's worst nightmare, and I had already come to the same conclusion, genuinely needing to pause the movie on occasion to ease the tension I was feeling. I admire and love so much about this movie which I can't cover here, but this is not a movie I can enjoy watching. My scores reflect 'rewatchability' and this is why it gets 51 despite it's merits
Rated 12 Dec 2017
kenmeistersKenMeisters
Rated 23 Sep 2017
80
84th
mother! made me really uncomfortable. When I left the cinema, I had to take a walk before going home. When I came home, I was still thinking about it. A friend said, "tell me about mother!" I replied, "I don't know, man! I only know I never want to see it again!" I went to bed, expecting nightmares, since the movie comes pretty close to mine. When I woke up way too early for a Saturday, I reflected what I saw. And then things came to me. mother! is a great movie. But I'm never watching it again!
Rated 23 Sep 2017
armilioArmilio
Rated 02 Nov 2018
80
89th
It's about his mother? it's a biblical allegory? or is she literally the Inspiration, the Musa, and all the film it's about the creative process in Aronofsky mind? i don't know, and in a way i don't care, it's a journey, Lynch-like but less weird and oniric, more paced. P.s: But yeah, it's about the creative process. Think about it. It's not even that hard to understand. Get the bible out of your head people.
Rated 02 Nov 2018
snbutlersnbutler
Rated 22 Sep 2017
80
94th
A film to admire but not to love, endure but not enjoy: a dazzling technical achievement that is an ordeal to watch. It's stressful and anxiety-inducing enough during the early 'uninvited visitors' and 'party' scenes, never mind as it ramps up remorselessly thereafter. For all that the film lends itself to multiple different interpretations, it's hard to shake the idea that Aronofsky is revealing himself to be a thoroughly unpleasant person and unapologetically so.
Rated 22 Sep 2017
natebarriosnatebarrios
Rated 20 Sep 2017
70
58th
oh wow... OH WHAT?!
Rated 20 Sep 2017
izxizx
Rated 13 Dec 2017
64
33rd
I was never the type of person with the background to understand what mother! was really about without having to read up on it afterwards, but even so, I thought it was pretty solid. An amazing cast, interesting visual choices, lively direction, and awesome sound design made this a pretty fresh little film. Despite what many may see as a low score, I think it is more than deserving of your time.
Rated 13 Dec 2017
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 19 Sep 2017
85
84th
Aronofsky's Biblical revenge. Almost as if the response from "Noah" unleashed a fever in Darren to create this perverted telling of the Creation story. No compromise, no discretion, easily his boldest work.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
thewirethewire
Rated 17 Sep 2017
69
56th
Kudos to Aronofsky for taking major studio money and making this. While it loses a lot in the third act and becomes a different film, the build to it is a quiet and disconcerting trek through religious parables.
Rated 17 Sep 2017

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