hmmmmm.....

Rating: 7/10 (1 February 2018)

For sure Aranofski's darkest movie. It's interesting to watch, but i am not sure i quite agree with this sort of metaphorical stories implying or suggesting something that the viewer cannot be sure about. All i could say is that this is probably a story about man's wish to reach a higher level of self-esteem complying with widely spread ideas of out time, like "being superior should mean you can share your possesions with others" while revealing that this giving actually hides a purely selfish and extreme egoistic feeling of show-off. The "mother" on the other hand, down to earth and protecting its world than sharing it, is the expression of the basic instinct of self preservation, her own and of her world. Her words to her seemingly "generous" husbund (you have not loved me, you have just loved my love for you) is the key to understanding) what his attitude and character are about. And show who the really giving is.
Not one of my best movies but certainly a very interesting one as an Aranofski film can anything but be. Acting is great, Jennifer gives her best -though i think the ending is far too fussy to let any feelings and sentiments really reach the viwer.