mother!
R - rated
Miscellaneous Thoughts - I have NOT VIEWED this film.


From all the reviews I have read (not seeing MOTHER! in theater), sounds like Darren Aronofsky has cleaned his hard drive, purged the spam, eliminated the viruses and upgraded his system. It will be interesting to see his next film. We already know who he is dating.

This movie sounds like it has lots and lots of allegories, but for me the location of the house gave it away, no road, no driveway, in the middle of nowhere....so no poem, no note, no money for my ticket.

As far as I can tell from the reviews and trailer, Javier Bardeem is God, the house is the planet, Jennifer Lawrence is Gaia (mother earth) and the baby she has is Jesus. Those symbols, along with environmental themes, make up the entire movie. However,this movie was promoted as something in the thriller/horror genre. Mother! was put into a theater where people go to watch talking yellow thumbs (minions) and a shapeshifting clown (IT). Why was Darren Aronofsky and Paramount Pictures not more candid and forthcoming about this film's themes? Maybe the marketing department at Paramount went on meditative sabbatical. Didn't the press screenings have "cheat sheets", to assist in understanding the film? I also heard that there was a poem handed out to the press after the film ended. I hope someone posts it online. I would LOVE to read it. However, "regular" (defined as being non-news individuals) movie goers deserve just as much honesty and explanation before they invest time and money in a movie.

My problem is the way this film was marketed, not the movie itself. This is not the first time a trailer has mislead its audience. However, this is an arthouse film, not a general release film. Maybe Darren Aronofsky's/Paramount's motivation was for us "to take our medicine" (aka golden nectar = change and resurrection?). With many movie theaters noticing a reduction in their ticket sales and trailers which very often spoil a good film or incorrectly advertise another film, it is resulting with a large pool of film goers losing both confidence and patience.