Too much for some people

Rating: 8/10 (10 October 2017)

Mother! is one of those riddle-movies I so adore. You have to pay close attention to what's happening and put all the pieces together to be able to decipher its metaphors and see beyond the plot. What truly matters isn't what's happening with the characters, but the message that those events look to convey.
A powerful and disturbing movie, I left the theater with a massive headache and couldn't sleep well that night. It was truly an overwhelming experience. For this, along with the cinematography and acting performances, everyone should watch the movie and try to make some sense of it. But ultimately, watch it for its important theme and hidden message.
*** SPOILERS AHEAD ***
Whose mother is it? Through the first half of the movie one can be left wondering if this was some sort of auto-biography and thinking that the Director must have had a really messed up experience with a lady- friend or with his own mother. One may also wonder if there's something paranormal or cult-like going on, because of all the mysterious sounds around the house, the adoration of the poet and his "horned" picture. But no, of course not.
This mother is Our mother - Mother Earth/Nature - and that becomes clear as the movie progresses. Besides the Biblical references (I've heard some theories stating that the movie is about Christianity and the Bible in particular), there are other things going on that advise us to look beyond that.
There is vanity, greed, war, violence, abuse and even death. All of them committed against (or at great cost to) the Mother. She can't leave the house, as our Planet has no place to "run away" to. Jennifer Lawrence is young, voluptuous, curvy and ultimately becomes pregnant, all powerful symbols of Mother Nature. By the time her baby is born I was thinking that He (Barden) would die, thus confirming my theory that the movie was a kind of allegory to the pagan myth of The God and Goddess, since the God is born of The Goddess, becomes her lover and then dies after impregnating her. That wasn't the case, so I assume He is the representation either of Men and his desire to create (that can never be equal to the Mother's ability to create); or of the Christian God, hence making this movie the ultimate redemption of the female figure in Christianity.
The violation of Mother's space, the disrespect, the abuse and the violence are overwhelming on the big screen, but even more if we parallel them to what Humans are doing to Earth every single day. *
*** END SPOILERS ***
A mandatory movie for those who don't mind deciphering messages and/or for those who choose to read the spoilers for an easier movie experience.
An amazing work of art that will linger for hours in your mind, with an impressive cast of actors and a truly crushing message.
I'd give it an 8,5 out of 10 score.