Mother! Review

Mother! of Lord, don’t watch this film. It’s a lethargic chaotic mix of confusion and tediousness. It will probably turn you insane.

Darren Aronofsky, known for his disturbing film-making, attempted to create a visual reality of “rape and torment of Mother Earth” Jennifer Lawrence told The Telegraph. Her character was played surpassingly well, as most of her roles are, though the story line was difficult to follow. Its disappointing having to search up the meaning of a film after enduring 2 hours of disorientation.  

Adam and Eve are the first unwanted guests, Adam is dying and Eve has no manners. They enter a room they’re supposed to stay out of and drop a crystal, the only memorabilia Javier Bardem’s character has of his previous burnt-down home. Sound familiar? It’s the forbidden fruit. You can guess the unwanted guests keep on coming and the tension of the house rises. 

Javier Bardem’s character, the poet, foreshadows God. He’s struggling to write his next piece and gets caught up in the guests, using them as a distraction to procrastinate. It’s not until the second half of the film, when Lawrence falls pregnant, after an unsettling scene of sex that could almost be mistaken for partial rape. This is when Bardem’s eureka moment of inspiration hits and he begins writing.

Towards the end, when the calm before the storm literally hits, his fans surround and engulf their home, worshipping him… And begin to eat their baby. Mother Earth delivers a baby and within a day (sped up to about 5 or 10 minutes), the baby dies and its body is shared and eaten. A sinister reference of bread and wine.

This ultimately sends Lawrence’s character into madness, clearly, where the film comes to an end. She manages to destroy the house she had re-built by herself and burns herself and Bardem’s alive. However in an unrealistic world, Bardem is alive and carrying a crisp burnt Jennifer Lawrence. He tells her he needs her love and literally rips out her heart - points to those who don’t almost vom at the gory scenes.