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2017

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Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A young woman spends her days renovating the Victorian mansion that she lives in with her husband in the countryside. When a stranger knocks on the door one night, he becomes an unexpected guest in their home. Later, his wife and two children also arrive to make themselves welcome. Terror soon strikes when the beleaguered wife tries to figure out why her husband is so seemingly friendly and accommodating to everyone but her.

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Critics Consensus

There's no denying that mother! is the thought-provoking product of a singularly ambitious artistic vision, though it may be too unwieldy for mainstream tastes.

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Dahlia Balcazar

Bitch Media

Mar 1, 2021

Mother! is what happens when a dude has an idea he thinks is brilliant and no one checks him on it.

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

Mar 8, 2018

[Darren] Aronofsky wants mother! to have the intensity and inner logic of a sweaty nightmare. But it's a fake cinematic fever dream-the kind made by a director so self-conscious that he's always checking his own temperature.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Oct 11, 2017

5/5

Ultimately, you may be left pondering not so much the allegory as to why [Darren] Aronofsky would want to push not just his audience but his girlfriend through such an extreme wringer.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 20, 2025

3/5

Metaphorical imagery and symbolism are everywhere, and the number of literal and figurative interpretations of what is implicitly or explicitly transpiring can kill as many brain cells as it multiplies.

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

Aug 2, 2024

3/5

Aronofsky "recycles" others' and, ironically, his own previous film ideas, resulting in Mother! appearing an unoriginal horror concoction, an uncomfortable reminder of other, much better films.

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Clayton Schuster

Vague Visages

Dec 6, 2023

If mother! lacks the refinement of a manifesto for a new breed of movie theater flick, it makes up for it in the audacity to be unique.

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Ian Y

Jul 21, 2024

Not a horror film. And not a good film..

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Alexandru S

@RT56645967 6 days ago

He does not deserve us. Just egocentric adulation is required

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Aug 13, 2026

I can see the controversy in why people don't like it, and the concept does seem derivative, but overall I thought even though it was slow to show the horror, it was worth it. Good title too!

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MARK P

@RT07234440 Aug 3, 2026

Absolute GARBAGE. This Aronofsky guy puts up this Groundhog Day type of horror show complete with some macabre effects and the usual sycophantic denizens of Hollywood eat it right up - and for what possible reason than its feeble attempt at being somehow unique. Which it isn't - it's simply a fetid pile of detritus dumped on us as are so many other "psychological" near-attempts with no meaning other than some whacked out transient effects which will play to a select group of elite phonies. There is no message whatsoever. Do not waste your time seeing this movie - it isn't worth the energy I expended to diss it.

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Bisquiteen T

@RT65021124 Aug 3, 2026

I'm still hopeful for the day that Jenny learns to act and Danny learns to write. Hit me up if it ever happens!

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Micah C

@Bullguts Jul 19, 2026

No amount of acting can save this directors environmental biblical crayon rendition of genesis. Narratively a major misstep and cinematography it's a codine dulled fever-dream that fails to deliver.

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Synopsis

A young woman spends her days renovating the Victorian mansion that she lives in with her husband in the countryside. When a stranger knocks on the door one night, he becomes an unexpected guest in their home. Later, his wife and two children also arrive to make themselves welcome. Terror soon strikes when the beleaguered wife tries to figure out why her husband is so seemingly friendly and accommodating to everyone but her.

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Producer: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel
Screenwriter: Darren Aronofsky
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Protozoa Pictures
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality|Strong Disturbing Content|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.8M
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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