Brilliant or trash, depending on who you ask.

Rating: 6/10 (6 February 2018)

I went into this film with the knowledge that it was not made for mainstream audiences; for that reason it's completely understandable why its rating on here is so much lower that I personally think it should be. It's okay for a movie to be polarizing as long as the conversation does not end at "you're wrong." Anyways, here's what I thought of Darren Aronofsky's "mother!"
Like others have said, this movie is what it would be like to watch a nightmare unfold in the third-person. In fact, as I'm sure most people know, around 80 minutes into the film, the up-until-this-point relatively held-back narrative descends into what I can only describe as a no-holds-barred fever dream for the remaining 40 minutes. All of the performances are great, particularly from Jennifer Lawrence and Michelle Pfeiffer. The direction and cinematography are great (as one has come to expect from a collaboration between Darren Aronofsky and Matthew Libatique). So many shots in the film are very up-close in the actors' faces and it really helps establish a feeling of claustrophobia and anxiety, as well as the invasion of one's privacy (which obviously echoes Mother's predicament in the film). There's a few technical things, particularly some of the editing, that I think could've been executed better, but overall it's still phenomenal.
Overall this is one of Aronofsky's best films and if you enjoy films from surrealist directors such as Lynch, Jodorowsky, etc., then I highly recommend you check this movie out.