A poet (Javier Bardem) and his considerably younger wife
(Jennifer Lawrence) live in their recently renovated house which had burned to
cinders. Now they receive uninvited guests (Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer) who
can’t take a hint and refuse to leave, with the crowd soon growing to mass
proportions with apocalyptic implications and consequences. With absurdism akin
to a Bunuel movie plus a tinge of Rosemary’s Baby, Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
is an outrageous allegory on the creative process which is fascinating to see
just how far the thin premise can be stretched. Lawrence delivers an
overwrought, impressive performance.
