An intriguing film that loses its way part way through, to the extent that the viewer is confused and annoyed and totally unable to comprehend just what's going on.

Rating: 3/10 (11 December 2017)

My wife and I watched this film last night and enjoyed the first half. The second half then descended into unexplained and utter chaos and madness. I would never subscribe to the theory of an underlying religious meaning unless Darren Aronofsky told me so personally. l do believe the film's underlying message is about a deteriorating relationship between a egomaniacle husband and his wife, whom he treats badly while always putting his wants and desires first and that this failing relationship is spiraling out of the control of either one.
Having said that, all the aforementioned chaos and madness is hard to explain and does little to substantiate the relationship theory. Our only rationalization is that Jennifer Lawrence's character was slowly losing her mind and we were seeing things from her tortured perspective. I found this to be a very unsettling film that really amped up my annoyance factor and produced many moments of utter incredulity.