Interesting premise, terrible movie

Rating: 2/10 (12 July 2019)

I'll give "mother!" credit where it's due - it has an interesting premise. And the first 30 minutes of the film do show some promise, with the arrival of a mysterious and creepy stranger - soon followed by his b*tchy and bizarre wife - at the home of a generationally mismatched couple. Unfortunately for Aronofsky, an interesting premise and early promise doesn't make this a good film.
Strange from the outset, this initial set-up does pose some interesting questions: who are these people, what are they doing here, how did they find this place, why do they seem so normal yet so sinister? All these questions, however, go entirely unanswered.
This is a film so concerned with metaphor and enigma, that it forgets to tell a coherent and logical story.
Plot points are set up, and then completely forgotten. Mother, the main character (none of them have actual names - vEry eDgY), is constantly confused and annoyed at these strangers in her house, but never thinks to ask any logical questions. All she appears capable of doing is yelling "Hey! Come out of there!" at people.
Once the couple leave after a series of increasingly inexplicable events (they're never seen or heard from again, by the way, so don't expect any closure there), things continue to get weirder and weirder until the movie becomes laughably ridiculous. The final 'twist' makes no sense, and only creates more questions.
People either love or hate this movie, that much is clear. But I feel inclined to say that anyone who loves it because it's a "thinking-persons" movie, is about as pretentious as the films itself.
If you like logical storytelling, AVOID!!!