Mother!
aka: mother!
USA 2017, 121 minutes
Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Rating: [R18] Violence, horror, cruelty, offensive language & content that may disturb.
Genres: Horror, Drama
“Something truly magnificent, the kind of visceral trash-arthouse experience that comes along very rarely.”~Jessica Kiang, The Playlist
Aroview: A polarising yet brilliant psychological horror bursting with allegorical detail, from visionary auteur/provocateur Darren Aronofsky.
A couple's peaceful existence in an remote country home is disrupted with the arrival of uninvited guests, a turn of events which slowly spirals into apocalyptic torment for Mother, the central character played with excruciating sensitivity by Jennifer Lawrence. Interpretations of the narrative range from biblical to environmental, and the fun is to figure it out for yourself.
Member Reviews
Average rating (Good Enough). Showing 1-3 of 3 member reviews.
3 stars (Good Enough) Someone's been watching too much Lars von Trier! Exhausting and risibly pretentious, with a crap ending, but so admirably wild (and uncommercial) it demands to be seen and debated. Pfeiffer takes the acting prize. ~fairbrother
2 stars (Good Try) Found it hard to follow what was going on through the barrage of noise and the dark "lighting". ~Tubbs
4 stars (Very Good) This was a delight! ~Catapillar
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