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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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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 03/01/2021
Mother! is what happens when a dude has an idea he thinks is brilliant and no one checks him on it. Go to Full Review
Michael Sragow Film Comment Magazine 03/08/2018
[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. Go to Full Review
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Metro Newspaper (UK) 10/11/2017
5/5
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. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson 07/20/2025
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Diana Tuova Spotlight on Film 08/02/2024
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Clayton Schuster Vague Visages 12/06/2023
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. Go to Full Review
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Ian Y 07/21/2024 Not a horror film. And not a good film.. See more MARK P @RT07234440 2h Absolute GARBAGE. This Aronofsky guy puts up this Groundhog Day type of horror show complete with some macabre effects and the usual sycophantic denizens of Hollywood eat it right up - and for what possible reason than its feeble attempt at being somehow unique. Which it isn't - it's simply a fetid pile of detritus dumped on us as are so many other "psychological" near-attempts with no meaning other than some whacked out transient effects which will play to a select group of elite phonies. There is no message whatsoever. Do not waste your time seeing this movie - it isn't worth the energy I expended to diss it. See more Bisquiteen T @RT65021124 4h I'm still hopeful for the day that Jenny learns to act and Danny learns to write. Hit me up if it ever happens! See more Micah C @Bullguts Jul 19 No amount of acting can save this directors environmental biblical crayon rendition of genesis. Narratively a major misstep and cinematography it's a codine dulled fever-dream that fails to deliver. See more Thom M @rollingcodes Jul 11 Great performances and cinematography— unfortunately, there is a point where no amount of talent can fix a poorly laid out script that is trying to do way too many things at once. My single complaint about the film was that it built everything properly all the way up to the climax, only to then cancel its own world-building with that ridiculously off-brand ending. The explosion was the climax we were all waiting for; the desperate final act of agency… but then the last 5 minutes could not have been executed any worse, and even felt like an entirely different movie, because it literally muted the best parts of the story so badly it doomed the entire production. The fact I come away thinking “wtf why isn’t he dead?” instead of “yea fuck you, man— you just sacrificed our child, im going to blow everything up” says a lot about how easy it is to completely nullify all production value with a lazy ending; calling it an upsetting or even bad ending would give the ending too much credit See more Rebecca S @Becca01 Jul 3 Mother! is not a horror film, but a profoundly symbolic masterpiece of spiritual revelation—a vivid allegory tracking the cyclical history of creation, temptation, sacrifice, and the ultimate new beginning. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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)