Watch it to make up your own mind—deeply disturbing

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2017)

Ugh, "Mother!" makes you feel bad... Jennifer Lawrence's character just moved in with her husband, a poet played by Javier Bardem. Their seemingly idyllic life becomes interrupted when a mysterious man and a woman, played by Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer, invite themselves to the couple's new home... and from there on, things spiral downward.
Among the many good things that stand out about "Mother!" is Jennifer Lawrence's compelling performance. Her face fills almost every shot and the whole story is told in a deeply subjective way from her perspective: As she is trying to make sense of what is happening around her, so are we.
When I watched the trailers for "Mother!", I thought this was just going to be a rip-off of ROSEMARY'S BABY, but in fact, the movie is nothing like that. You continue to be surprised from beginning to end, and there is a lot of mystery that is deeply haunting. The suspense keeps going as you try to make sense of this movie, which is deeply metaphorical and open to many interpretations. You will leave the theatre wondering what you just saw and discussing the deeper meaning with your friends. Because "Mother!" is rich, contextualized and multi-layered, it's best to just see it for yourself, if you don't mind being deliberately confused and irritated, and if you don't mind a lot of religious subtext.