Review of mother! (2017) by Mervyn M — 01 Oct 2017
On Mother!: Don't bother. But if you must....
A time traveller encountered a young Sigmund Freud (15yrs) and said, "Hey, your Sigmund Freud". To which, Freud replied, "Correct, I am Sigmund". "No, no", says the traveller. "You're Freud" and then goes on to explain to young Sig who it is, he is to become. To which Freud replied, "I better get to it then" and hence he wrote the the first act to Mother!
Then we encounter a fourteen year old boy, empowered by the fact that he is the son of a big Hollywood producer and the result of the 'educate together' system of schooling who is also heavily influenced by the 'Bruce Willis Canon" of the nineties. He writes the second act of Mother!.
Then we meet Aronofsky who informs the other two that he is an auteur and he's seen Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. Not to be outdone by the other two, writes the third act of Mother!
In a word, Mother! is twaddle. In a sentence: Mother! possesses a profundity only a hipster could infer. Or from the kind lady encountered after the film: "It is something I could have done without".
Summary: 2 Stars. One for the beautiful Tom Ford meets Town & Country design and another for the fine performances of its cast particularly Ms Lawrence and Mr Harris.
This review of mother! (2017) was written by Mervyn M on 01 Oct 2017.
mother! has generally received positive reviews.
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