Excellent performance by Jennifer Lawrence

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2018)

I am not a film critic or pretend to understand what that even means exactly. I just like movies and whether I feel one is good or not is purely subjective.
This film hit a nerve and not because of all the symbolism or what the "true meaning" of it was. I have never so closely related to a character in a film than I did with Jennifer Lawrence's performance.
I was riveted by her character and the panic, anxiety and pain of her situation. It was as if it were scripted from my own dreams and nightmares (though it went much further than my subconscious mind ever has!).
The emotional turmoil and anxiety of being powerless to control 'others' from transgressions of your personal space and property was expertly portrayed. The connection for me was so intense it was disturbing to say the least.
So if a film is meant to relate to the viewer on some emotional level (isn't that really the point?) Mother! did for me specifically in regard to Ms. Lawrence's role.