Mother (2017) - It was hard to get lost in this movie as it was just so strange and unbelievable, but it was entertaining enough and I watched it in one night. In contrast, I was previously on my second or third night of "Holocaust 2000" and eventually just gave up.
Jennifer Lawrence is a submissive/ traditional sort of wife (this is taken to ridiculous extent) who is re-doing her massive house while her husband has writer's block. Her husband is so desperate for attention that he invites some random couple looking for a bed and breakfast to basically live with them. J Law not standing up for herself becomes basically a running joke. It's too insane to be taken seriously. More and more people show up and tear up the couple's house and the husband seems to not mind.
The whole thing feels like, awkwardly, an ego trip for the writer /director Darren Aronofsky who is a fairly prominent director but not particularly famous and wouldn't be recognized really anywhere. I was annoyed at having to imagine what the various things represented, rather than driven by curiosity to discover their meaning. I gather it's some sort of abstract take on the life of a successful creative type.
If you just take it as face value though, it's a wacky ride with some creepy stuff and solid performances. "Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle" isn't that what John Denver taught us?
4.45 / 5
edit: Yeah I missed ALL of this
https://collider.com/mother-movie-explained/ (<---- spoilers)
