Review of mother! (2017) by My02 — 28 Aug 2018
OMG, what a painful mess. I kept wondering what went through Jennifer Lawrence's mind, showing up every day to shoot this. Everything is pageant-y. The FX are B-movie-ish....maybe C. The conflict grows & grows to ridiculous levels like a Seth Rogan penis joke bit that just won't end. This movie could've actually been done well, but it takes more than EVERY SINGLE SHOT MUST BE PICTURESQUE, ARTSY & PRETENTIOUS AS IT FOLLOWS JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S FACE THROUGH THE HOUSE, which is just distracting.........room to room to porch to room to room (repeat).
1 bit of hope : Kristen Wigg finally enters! (Wait, what? Yes, I know, I know..) Her 30 seconds of lines, total, were of course great. But that hope is lost as the movie only takes a further nosedive into, seriously (I think), Tarantino-grind-core ridiculous grotesque territory (see: From Dusk Till Dawn).
The movie's concept could've been cool....but this wasn't......like at all.
This review of mother! (2017) was written by My02 on 28 Aug 2018.
mother! has generally received positive reviews.
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