It came from 1 to 10 for me in the matter of hours. That's how strange it is.

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2017)

mother! is a new movie by a visionary director Darren Aranofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Noah, Black Swan) who has never shied away from shocking the audiences and causing controversy. That's why I think he's one of the most interesting directors working today and his films are always talked about when they come out, doesn't matter if they bomb or not. It starts Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as this couple living alone isolated from the world in this house and then some people come up and ruin their peace.
I'm not gonna say anything else about the plot because it's just so much and it's hard to describe, so the less said the better. I gotta say this is quite possibly the most unique movie experience I have ever had. Before I start talking about the movie itself let me tell you a story about how I watched it in order to make some points about it. I knew this was going to be something else, but I didn't expect it to disturb me this much. I'm not one of those who get scared by movies. Some rare ones did scare me, but not much. And this is not your usual kind of fear. This is just pure uneasiness and disturbance. First half is interesting. Now that I reflect upon it, I remember how easily I got sucked into this nightmarish world. I just got lost in the movie. Then the third act came up and all hell broke loose. And when I say hell, I do mean hell. Pure, nightmarish chaos. And being an ambivert, it really was a nightmare for me. And I could only imagine what it must be like for introverts. I've also seen it in the middle of the week and at the end of a busy day, so that might have affected the way I saw it. But you can have the most wonderful day and this movie will still disturb you deeply. And close to the end there was one particular scene that was just too much and me and my friend walked out feeling sick and I was in a state of a small shock through the rest of the night. That night, and in the morning, I hated this movie with all my heart and soul and wanted to give it a 1/10. But what extremely bothered me is that I couldn't stop thinking about how well everything works in it. I spoiled the rest for myself on Wikipedia and then managed to somehow watch the last 10 minutes online. And now I think it's one of the best movies of the year.
This is a masterpiece. This is Darren Aronofsky's Mona Lisa. I still can't stop thinking about this movie. It's symbols, allegories, plot and directing. It's masterfully directed. A constant use of close-up will make you feel slightly harassed after a while and it certainly adds fuel to the feeling of unease. And the third act is the best depiction of chaos, nightmare and hell I've ever seen on film. At first I thought I never wanna watch it again. Now I think I'm gonna watch it quite often when it comes out on blu-ray. It's a horrifying masterpiece that is also backed up by extremely strong performances by absolutely everyone starring in this movie. Horror is term used so easily today with horror movies, but this was true horror for me. I loved it. Like a poem, it's full of metaphors and there are so much ways to interpret this and there is almost no way to literally interpret this. But it's beautiful and chaotic at the same time.
Wow, I don't remember the last time I've FELT a movie this intensely and I don't remember the last time a movie stuck with me so much. It made such an impact on me and I certainly don't remember hating this movie and loving it not even a day later. It jumped from being my least favorite movie of the year to maybe even being my favorite movie of the year. If not that, definitely one of my favorites. Just don't watch if you're weak at disturbing movies, you might get traumatized.