Review of mother! (2017) by Ashleigh S — 20 Jan 2018

Even an amazing performance from Lawrence can not save this movie.

This review of mother! (2017) was written by Ashleigh S on 20 Jan 2018.

mother! has generally received positive reviews.

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By Gregory G (257) on 19 Dec 2018

Warped and strange. Love it or hate it. I enjoyed most of it. At times it went over the edge. Just completely weird…

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By Bambony (4) on 25 Nov 2019

Save yourself 2 hours and avoid this pretentious nonsense unless you really, really love the feeling of painful disquiet…

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