Not for the average viewer. Trailer is deceptive.

Rating: 3/10 (31 December 2017)

I have a tendency to subject myself to some bizarre movies so i wasnt particularly shocked and/or surprised by anything in mother! With so much symbolism and refrences both obscure and blatant i feel bad for the average movie goer hungry for good story telling. Especially since the trailer was so evilly deceptive. maybe that was just part of the heavily religious "theme". The movie started out well enough. It was weird but intriguing and i enjoyed all the actors performances. Once ed harris and Pfeiffer evaporate it takes a hard left into la la land and i dont mean the musical. Any real story telling is left behind and it just becomes a series of beautiful disturbing shots of the directors personal view of god, humanity, the world ect. Maybe because it was getting towards the end and it had yet to establish a coherent point so lets just throw everything in and stir the pot.Fine i get it but i want to be entertained in return. You dont need to spell everything out but you shouldnt entice people in with promises of great actors, cinematography and a dramatic/thrilling story then vomit out two hrs of petty lazy esoteric B.S. the message could have been delivered in a better way that was still obscure/pretentious but relevent to a cohesive story line. i went in with an idea how it would be and was still mildly pissed. others wont be so lucky and they are going to be really mad.