Jennifer Lawrence’s “brilliant” psychological thriller lands new UK streaming home

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Now that The Bride! is playing in theaters, you might enjoy another film with an exclamation mark in its title, recently added to a streaming service. Mother!, released in 2017, is a film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Jennifer Lawrence as a woman simply called “mother.” Her peaceful life with her poet husband (Javier Bardem) is disrupted when unexpected guests arrive at their rural home and request to stay.

Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris play a couple whose wild actions begin a damaging chain of events for a mother and her husband.

Darren Aronofsky’s highly anticipated and controversial psychological horror film is now streaming on Prime Video UK, having been added to their selection today.

When it was released, the movie Mother! received generally favorable reviews, earning a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 377 reviews.

Reviewers overwhelmingly lauded Aronofsky’s film, calling it daring, eccentric, and exceptional (according to Time Out). RogerEbert.com described it as a film that is often frightening, captivating, confusing, and unlike anything audiences had experienced before.

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Elsewhere, BBC.com described Mother! as “soup”, branding it “a pretentious mess of a film”.

The review criticized the film for having shallow characters and overly dramatic visuals, suggesting the director mistakenly believed these elements created a deeper meaning.

Digital Spy gave the film four stars and called it “the most wildly unpredictable movie from a major studio this year—or really, any year.”

The review noted the film was likely to provoke strong and divided opinions, with some viewers potentially finding it affected or even offensive towards women.

There’s no doubt about it: Mother! is a truly unique film, even with its clear inspirations from other works.

Mother! is streaming on Prime Video.

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2026-03-13 15:49