A beautiful experimental allegory

Rating: 7/10 (22 September 2017)

An experimental tragedy. This film is thought-provoking but maddeningly off-putting. Hard to even express an opinion on it. The movie has some really interesting ideas about being an artist and needing to create. And it's incredibly well made, with beautiful cinematography and gripping performances, especially from Jennifer Lawrence. Still, mother! was pretty out there for me. The story of mother! is like being in a nightmare, but not in a bad or frightening way. It's just that everything is wrong and you can't do anything to fix it. And you can't wake up.
Even though it was a tough watch, it's worth watching and thinking about.