Darren Aronofsky's Mother! is an arthouse movie with a well known cast. It was pushed as a psychological horror.
It is really a pretentious muddled movie about ecological damage with biblical underpinnings.
Jennifer Lawrence plays Mother, the young wife a struggling writer (Javier Bardem) who has writer's block.
One night a stranger (Ed Harris) visits his house and he is a big fan of the writer. The writers invites him to stay but mother is unsure. The stranger seems to be suffering from ill health. Later the stranger's wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives followed by his two squabbling sons one of them kills the other.
Pretty soon more people arrive at the house. Mother is disturbed that the writer is putting up with these unwanted guests, their rowdy behaviour and lack of respect to their home. She eventually sends them away.
One night mother and the writer make passionate love which leaves her pregnant and the writer's creative juices flow. Upon publication of his new poem more fans arrive creating havoc and violence.
It is obvious that the stranger and his family are Adam, Eve, Cain & Abel. Mother must mean the garden of Eden. The rowdy mob are the humans who ravage the planet's natural resources.
Mother! is a perplexing movie with a director who wants to challenge himself artistically. Unfortunately he does not rise to the challenge. Lawrence admirably does push herself but she is let down by the material.
I did wonder if the film was directed by Peter Greenaway with music by Michael Nyman. It would had been a lot better but still not more comprehensible.
It is really a pretentious muddled movie about ecological damage with biblical underpinnings.
Jennifer Lawrence plays Mother, the young wife a struggling writer (Javier Bardem) who has writer's block.
One night a stranger (Ed Harris) visits his house and he is a big fan of the writer. The writers invites him to stay but mother is unsure. The stranger seems to be suffering from ill health. Later the stranger's wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives followed by his two squabbling sons one of them kills the other.
Pretty soon more people arrive at the house. Mother is disturbed that the writer is putting up with these unwanted guests, their rowdy behaviour and lack of respect to their home. She eventually sends them away.
One night mother and the writer make passionate love which leaves her pregnant and the writer's creative juices flow. Upon publication of his new poem more fans arrive creating havoc and violence.
It is obvious that the stranger and his family are Adam, Eve, Cain & Abel. Mother must mean the garden of Eden. The rowdy mob are the humans who ravage the planet's natural resources.
Mother! is a perplexing movie with a director who wants to challenge himself artistically. Unfortunately he does not rise to the challenge. Lawrence admirably does push herself but she is let down by the material.
I did wonder if the film was directed by Peter Greenaway with music by Michael Nyman. It would had been a lot better but still not more comprehensible.