Aronofsky set the bar too high with his other excellent movies

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2017)

Spoilers!
I really wanted to like this but just couldn't. Too much was packed into this film. The themes covered were:
(1) The horror of religion (2) The horror/downfall of humanity (3) The anxiety of artistic creation (4) The horror of motherhood
I think each theme has at least one excellent if not classic movie that covers it really well, for instance (1) The Witch or The Wicker Man (1976 of course), (2) Children of Men, (3) Lost Highway/Inland Empire, (4) Rosemary's Baby.
I think Aronofsky, who I like very much due to his past masterpieces, bit off more than he could chew here. You can't reinvent all these excellent above-mentioned films into one even when you are as brilliant as him. It's a pizza with too many toppings.
There were some excellent delirious and nauseous Aronofsky-esque moments but on balance it's not a film I can recommend.