Not the best Aronofsky's but still one hell of a film

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2017)

I'm having a hard time understanding the low reception mother! got.
The film is superbly directed, with masterful use of close ups and camera movement, the pacing is pretty good, scenes are not too long or short, they are able to develop without becoming boring or tedious.
I imagine the main issue many people got was the heavy use of symbolism and the fact that it was visually really powerful, are those negative things now ? I honestly thought the biblical references were pretty clear, around here i read people claiming it's a meaningless mess ... , no, everything pretty much make sense if you reach the ending. It may also be the fact that an actress like Jennifer Lawrence, more know for easier family friendly films, has the main role and people were expecting something different from it; i can understand this but even not being a huge fan of her i have to say that the interpretation was spot on, on her and pretty much everyone else side.
If we wanna talk about the negatives there is some issue between the first and second half, i feel like it got "cut" too heavily especially after the smoothness of the first part. There is a little overabundance of symbolism and if they went for a lower quantity and took more time to made them clear the picture would have probably improved.
The story flows really well, the cinematography is great and the acting is superb. I feel that if you know and appreciate Aronofsky you will surely like this work, all his ingredients are there.