The Most Puzzling Film I've Ever Seen At The Movies.

Rating: 5/10 (22 September 2017)

Mother is a hard film to describe in great detail because the religious metaphors were incredibly shocking to see and the craziness of the finale sort of detailed the pacing of an otherwise finely paced film that had a great performance from Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. This movie: if Darren Arranofsky's intention was to shock and confuse the audience, he succeeded on that front ten-fold.
Mother wasn't BAD, but it wasn't GOOD either. It's an art-house horror movie that marketed itself as something along the lines of IT: or something.
I'm all for metaphors and allegories in cinema, but when it's taken to such an extent that it gets in the way of its whole 'GOD DID IT' story it leaves you wondering would the film work without all the pseudo-religious commentary at play? I don't think so. This film is meant to shock and disturb you in every way: a baby pisses itself while people passing it around start tearing it apart limb from limb.
Mother: a real 'WHAT THE F###' moment at the movies you may or may not want to forget.