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Movie Review: Mother! (2017)

 Mother! (2017)


Written and Directed by: Darren Arronofsky 

Starring : Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem 

Genre : Mythological, Bibilical, Horror, Suspense, 2024-watched. 

Rating : 10/10 


The camera lens follows Jennifer. We see the situations from her point of view. Which was eerie at first but totally scary later on. 



Wow. What a movie ! Knocked my breath off. There were multiple indicators, while watching, that suggested the movie is not going to end on a note of hope or wellness. One of them is display of religious fanaticism. When mobs go mad and do things, individuals are no longer acting on their consciousness/conscience. Things go out of hand pretty fast .. as this story demonstrates. Its pure madness and sheer hell. I wanted to fast forward multiple times but also didn't want to miss out. 


A husband and wife live in a secluded mansion, leading a peaceful, undisturbed life. Jennifer is happy with just the two of them. The husband doesn't feel compelled to write his poetry and seeks out external company. When a couple come into their house at the suggestion of the husband, Jennifer loses her cool. She wants to kick them out but they stay. And then they leave as sudden as they had come. Jennifer challenges her husband that he doesn't love her because they are not having intercourse at all.  And she wants a baby. 


So she gets pregnant. The husband has other plans for the baby. The day she announces her pregnancy news to him, he gets a sudden epiphanic inspiration to his poem. Then he writes his poem, sends off a draft to his publisher. People, strangers, knuckle heads, fanatics pour into his house, sending a full pregnant Jennifer into throes of despair and hysteria. This time Jennifer loses more than her cool. Is the husband a satanist? Or is he the devil? 


 Such brilliant acting by Jennifer!!!

 The story had me twisting in knots. I wanted to quit and I didn't want to stop watching. Super novel story that makes The Rosemary's baby look less scary. Watch it.

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