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mother!

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Released Sep 15, 2017

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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

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

Mar 1, 2021

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

[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.

Mar 8, 2018

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

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.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 11, 2017

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

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.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 20, 2025

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

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.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 2, 2024

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Clayton Schuster

Vague Visages

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.

Dec 6, 2023

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Ian Y

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

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/21/24

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Max B.

I will just say how no matter what mother! Is one of the best films ever made and in my personal opinion Darren Aronofsky's best film of his career! He is absolutely brilliant on so many levels. Every single person acting in this movie was stunning especially Jennifer Lawrence and Michelle Pheiffer. The film is assaulting to say the least. It is so beyond beautiful how he mixed surreal issues in the world from over history of time, such as the Bible, a cross between mostly Judaism and Christianity. There's dealing with loss, and one of the biggest is how relationships are tested when one isn't serious about them together. Darren made an earth horror film with extremely disturbing scenes of how society and earth has evolved through time and time again through every hardship caused by us! It makes us really focus how we can try and be better people instead of we being so selfish.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/25

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Carol S

How did someone convince such accomplished performers to appear in this truly horrible movie. I only watched it to the end thinking there must be some point or big reveal. Spoiler alert. There isn't.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/03/25

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Neil J

Don't waste two hours of your life watching this rubbish. I have written this purposely to tell seriously don't bother. Think it's one of the worst films I've ever seen. It's about mother nature dying and I think part of me has died watching this film. I feel like I see compensating 😂

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Craig H

Now on an intellectual and understanding level I couldn't appreciate most of this as much as I'd like with it being a two hour allegory, but what i can appreciate is the film making and the boldness to make a film like this and it be enjoyable tense and crazy(especially the last 30minutes) I'd expect nothing less from Aronovsky though, probably his weakest film but still good. Lawrence and Bardem where excellent also. I can totally see why alot of people don't like it though!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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M T.

I understand there is deeper symbolism here but it was just Jennifer Lawrence asking “what have you done to my house?” over and over again.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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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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