A challenging movie that asks but doesn't answer

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 2017)

As you've probably seen, this movie divided everyone. Much like every piece of art, it asks something of you, it shows you things you may not want to see and then asks you for meaning. Meaning in movies is almost always taken for granted. A movie is a narrative and just tells a story. With mother! this is not the case. There is a narrative but in a very Aronofsky style, allegories and metaphors are plenty. Whether you like them or not, Whether you get them or not depends very much on you, you as a person, your beliefs, your experiences. Like every piece of art it will always mean something different for everyone. Some people like some art, others don't, it's natural. I can only speak of my own experience, and my own meaning. It's definitely a movie that will be talked about for years to come, for some it will bring exasperation and disdain, for others it will bring acclaim, for others it will bring confusion. And that is the purpose of art. To be talked about, to be analyzed, to be remembered, for the right and the wrong reasons, by people who liked it and hated it. It succeeds in being art, but art is not for everyone.