~ MOTHER (2017) ~ 10/10 *s ~ Rex Reed was just offended .. and that is no excuse to say a film sucks ... Aronofsky takes you to Hell and back with this masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2018)

MOTHER!
2017
Dir.: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
10 *s out of 10
Okay. Wow. This film was, perhaps, the most flat-out entertaining and horrifying film I've seen all year - and 2017 was a magnificent year, or else this would easily be the year's best ... now , this film also happens to be very offensive , especially for crude, rude, and prude American pallets; the trailer was brilliant b/c of how little it showed , and I'm sure the masses just weren't ready for the brutal two hours of Aronofsky at his best since "Requiem for a Dream" (2000) ... Jennifer Lawrence truly got snubbed for at least a nomination at this year's Oscars - a nomination she was doomed with from the beginning; her performance was what was required - just as intense as the film itself ... the last third of the film is pretty tough on the senses, but, as has been said, 'art is NOT safe', and has never had to be - or else it wouldn't even be art now would it ? .. if someone were to actually come along and give a non-arbitrary, non-personally-subjective reason as to why this film sucked , I'd respect that .. but I've yet to read even a critic's review that has stated non-arbitrary reasons as to why it's no good .... btw! most critics, of course, either loved this shining gem, or, at least, heavily liked it - this is a fact! and they enjoyed it for good reason - many of them aren't stupid, ignorant, biased, crude prudes of this often-simple-minded country of ours .... "mother!" is riveting , and , yes , is about religion, politics, life, death, existence, etc. .. but is as about cohesive and sharply written, produced, and shot as this type of ambitiousness can be ... Aronofsky said he wanted to make a 'punk' film that comes at you - and, damn it, he did .... it's brilliant , just violent .. and if you are biased against violent films, then don't go and see one that is purportedly extremely brutal, b4 then going online and stringing some poorly written, tarded, arbitrary cliches together to just vent and cry over a keyboard.
10 *s out of 10