A newly(?) wed couple are alone yet seemingly happy in a much to large home (earth) for just the two of them. The house had been in a fire but is being renovated by Jennifer Lawrence's character (Mother Earth). She seems happy enough with it just being the two of them but Javier Bardem's character (god) does not feel the same way as he continues to invite people/strangers into their home much to the dismay of his new wife. This inviting people in quality gets out of hand and drives J Law insane. Eventually, it gets to the point where the people he has invited in start to destroy the home she has worked so hard on and it just keeps going downhill for J Law from there really.The worst thing about this film is that it's message is very there, they don't try to hide it in any way within another story like most other psychological thrillers specifically, but even just most films that have a message about society in some way. It's not badly done, the message is quite clear from about half way through the film. The ending definitely makes what it is trying to say abundantly clear if you didn't quite get it earlier on in the film.
The acting isn't bad, and the story isn't bad. It's kind of like something is just a little bit off with the whole film. It's not bad, but it isn't good either. Ok, no that isn't right. I personally thought that it wasn't as bad I thought it would be and that it was quite good (although I do question whether I think it's good just because I don't think it's as bad as reviews made it out to be). It isn't an easy watch at all, and it certainly isn't enjoyable in the way that the last few films I have watched are. I personally enjoyed it because it is putting out a message that I thoroughly believe in and I like that a film is putting it in peoples faces and attempting to make it clear without hiding the message within something else. But past that I didn't enjoy it.
One could argue that this film is trying to be arty and express something loudly and make people think and question it and themselves. After reading many reviews I don't think Mother! accomplished that very well at all to be quite honest. Overall, I don't think that I can give this film a fully positive review because I don't feel positively about it. It kind of is a fail at trying to say something since a lot of people didn't get it at first (or so it seems), the acting is bad but it isn't great. The story is interesting but has its issues. Basically, if you're intrigued go and see it as it probably won't be around for that much longer but if not then I wouldn't bother.
Rating: 2 out of 5
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