Beloved and hated, Mother is a visceral and brilliant biblical reading

Rating: 9/10 (25 September 2017)

Darren Aronofsky's "Mother" is a show, both technical and scripted, full of biblical metaphors and human nature, we have tension and anguish, love and hate, repulsion and seduction, the film where the lousy and perfect go hand in hand, a cinematic experience for some, or a badly made and meaningless thriller for others, highly criticized by expert critics and the general public, "Mother" is one of the best movies of the year, but it's not for everyone. Some directors abuse silly and superficial stories, others make complex films, and full of too many metaphors, Darren does both, he tells a story to people, a common story, nothing unusual, but the subcontext and metaphors tell other stories, other films, such as his great "Black Swan" film that can be seen 3 times in a row, you will see 3 different stories, and only those who already know this background of the director, could be sure and not only suspicious, that his long, is a metaphor for human nature based on biblical passages, that is, its script, is great, I would not say perfect, because, for the public that prefers to stay on the surface of the film, will finish the film without fully understanding the film, only the viewer the more vile it will end with a smile on his face, as well as heart-pounding and eating nails, carrying, the script that tells the story of a couple tormented by strange visitors, escapes the palatá and even so, Darren manages to make the viewer extremely agonized and tense, unlike "Requien para um Sonho", where he makes the viewer turn the face of anguish without even needing to drop a drop of blood, here no, violence exists here, it is not completely explicit, but even so, it seems to shock more and more, because it is a cowardly violence and that causes reflection on who is glazed in the film. Javier is God seeking perfection, Jeniffer is the house itself, which is in the case is the land, that is, it is nature, nature that is at all times trying to repair human evils, church, politics, birth, all this is addressed in the film, even the globalization and mystification of the world is approached in 2 scenes of 20 seconds, passing through genesis, and the apocalypse, "Mother" is a great re-reading of the bible, I do not even have to say that the first couple of intruders is Adam and Eve, and then Cain and Abel, and finally, mystification and human beings, understanding the chaos of the bible, and nature itself applied to just one house, is a great and perfect metaphor, a film that reminds me of "Antichrist" by Lars Von Trier, for his perfectionism in retelling and provoking reflection in a different, polemical and heartwarming way, "Mother" is a visceral film. As "Run" managed to do this year, "Mother" also holds us in the chair, the film had absolutely everything to have a slow and tiring rhythm, but Darren amends a narrative arc in the other without space, we can not even see the hours on the clock, besides the great rhythm, which is more merit of the script than of the montage, other aspects that deserve palms, not only palms, but indication to the Oscar, are, first, the great direction of art of the film, that aligned to a photograph that oppresses at the same time that contrasts with the clear and with the good visual effects, the other aspect that looses to the eyes, or rather to the ears, is the spectacular edition and sound mixing. this is the one that overwhelms most the viewer, because often it is misaligned and very acute, it bothers, the noise of everything is very emphasized, often remembering the great film "Repulse to the Sex", when leaving the theater and giving in the face of the mall crowd, you will feel bad, and you will notice and notice details in people who previously went unnoticed, I think the Oscar sound categories this year already have owners (Baby Driver and Dunkirk), but it's worth a lot the indication. Javier Barden and Ed Harris are fine, but the film is by Jennifer Lawrence, I've never been a big fan of the actress, and I even think she did not deserve the Oscar nor his last nomination, but here, here she is sensational, steals the movie she is "Mae", nature, the world, is a grandiose character even within her naiveté and ignorance, and Jeniffer is completely committed to the role and makes a great performance. Darren Aronofsky is for me the best director of the new generation, and this film only reinforces my thinking. The film was voiced and booed at the same time during its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2017, and that says a lot about the movie, love or hate, for me, "Mother" is a spectacular movie.