mother!, oh brother!
“mother!” is a film that is trying to shock us but it craps out into ridiculousness. Trying to make their point leads to exploitation. I started yelling Get Out! inside my head near the end of the first act when mother! was having a bad time. She just didn’t leave. Neither did I when the signs of a disaster of a film appeared.
Their house, the house of mother! and man, is in the middle of nowhere. And I don’t care. Earth is also in the middle of nowhere astronomically, if you know what I mean, and do you think inhabitants of other worlds care? I don’t think so.
Yes, “mother!” is a multi-allegory story. It looks good, but it lacks story craft and subtlety. It smacks us relentlessly in the face with drama and terrible human behavior. Or is it terrible? The behavior was obviously out of the norm. And we are supposed to accept it because it’s an allegory about the world and god. Woo hoo! It’s just stupid and obvious and not compelling at all.
Rating: I want my money back. An exploitation film pretending to be art is still an exploitation film.
Peace,
Tex Shelters
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