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"Am I a bad mother?" Uh oh. Dark Star Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for Mom, an indie horror film ready for release in February. This first premiered at FrightFest Glasgow last year - and is out on VOD in February if anyone wants to give it a look. Meredith, her husband Jared, and their young son Alex face unspeakable terror in the wake of a family tragedy. The tagline: "A mother's love never dies." Struggling with postnatal depression & feeling misunderstood by her husband, Meredith begins to experience terrifying visions foreshadowing an ultimate tragedy - ending up stuck in a nightmarish loop ruled by a malevolent force. Mom stars Emily Hampshire as Meredith, the titular "Mom" in this story, with François Arnaud, Christian Convery, Tristan D. Lalla, Cat Lemieux, and Erika Rosenbaum. This looks creepy but it also looks like another seriously underlit, uninteresting, fairly boring horror film that'll be forgotten quickly.

Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Adam O'Brien's horror film Mom, direct from YouTube:

Mom Film Poster

Meredith (Emily Hampshire), a grieving mother, is left utterly alone after the devastating death of her newborn son shatters her world. Abandoned by her partner and family, she retreats into the suffocating silence of her home, where isolation consumes her. However, her son's tragic death has birthed something far darker – an entity forged from anguish & loss. This malevolent force seeps into her life, manipulating her reality and forcing her to relive the harrowing moments of her past in an endless, nightmarish loop. Mom, also known as Mama in a few other countries, is directed by indie genre filmmaker Adam O'Brien, making his feature directorial debut after many other short films + horror segments previously. The screenplay is written by Philip Kalin-Hajdu; story by Adam O'Brien; based on an original idea by Albert I. Melamed, Nathan Oliver, Taylor Sardoni. Produced by Adam O'Brien, Benoit Beaulieu, Albert I. Melamed, Philip Kalin-Hajdu. This initially premiered at the 2024 Glasgow FrightFest last year. Dark Star Pictures debuts O'Brien's Mom film direct-to-VOD starting on February 11th, 2025 this winter. Who's interested?
Dark Star Pictures has released a poster and trailer for Mom, the upcoming horror from director Adam O’Brien which stars Emily Hampshire (The Rig, Schitt’s Creek) as a mother struggling with post-natal depression who begins experiencing terrifying visions.

Joining Hampshire in the cast are François Arnaud, Christian Convery, Tristan D. Lalla, Cat Lemieux, and Erika Rosenbaum. Take a look at the trailer below…

Struggling with postnatal depression and feeling misunderstood by her husband, Meredith begins to experience terrifying visions foreshadowing an ultimate tragedy.

Mom arrives on VOD on February 11th.
Check out this trailer for the upcoming supernatural horror movie MOM which stars Emily Hampshire. This one is landing in the UK from Blue Finch Film Releasing on digital on 17th February.

Mom is directed by Adam O’Brien and stars Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud (The Borgias) and Christian Convery (Cocaine Bear).

A struggling mother is abandoned by her family and partner after a horrific incident. As she falls further into isolation, she begins to be haunted by a sinister entity that is determined to make her relive her darkest moments.

The film promises to delve into the darker side of motherhood.

Looks good. Check out the new promo below.
The horror genre is often the perfect home for tackling the anxieties of motherhood and all that comes with it throughout its various stages, from Rosemary's Baby to The Babadook. Now, a new film featuring Schitt's Creek star Emily Hampshire is tackling the darker side of becoming a mom in the months after birth and Collider can exclusively share the official trailer. Simply titled Mom, the feature centers on a mother who's falling apart at the seams postpartum when a horrific incident causes her family, including her husband, to abandon her. In her loneliness, she's increasingly haunted by a malevolent entity that recreates her darkest moments to no end. However, the trailer leaves it ambiguous whether the being is real or entirely in her head.

Initially, Meredith (Hampshire) and her husband Jared (François Arnaud, who also appeared in Schitt's Creek) seem like a happy couple as they take pictures and fawn over their baby boy, but it becomes clear quickly that Jared is far more ready to be a parent than his wife. Postpartum depression has set in and the obsessive thoughts about whether she's a bad mother keep her up at night. When her behavior starts getting more threatening toward the child, however, she heads to therapy where her avoidant behavior toward the baby is laid bare. Meredith's voice questioning "Am I a bad mother?" continues to ring throughout the trailer as the thoughts turn into monstrous visions of her baby grown into a young boy and a long-haired entity looming over him. Despite urgings, her family doesn't help, and her descent only continues, implying that the incident that left her isolated was her own doing.

Mom marks the feature directorial debut of Adam O’Brien, who has built a reputation as an award-winning short filmmaker with titles like Banshee and A Little Off the Top. He's also known for helming segments in a few horror anthology flicks like Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker and Zombieworld. Alongside him, Philip Kalin-Hajdu took up writing duties for the first time since 2017's Game of Death and served as producer. He adds some solid horror credentials of his own coming off 2023's critically acclaimed The Sacrifice Game.

'Mom' Has Been Hailed as a Postpartum Nightmare
O'Brien took his debut film to Glasgow FrightFest last year, where it earned high marks overall from critics, particularly for the performance of Hampshire. It hasn't come away from the festival circuit empty-handed either, with its director and star scoring Jury Awards at the Hellifax Horror Fest. For Hampshire, this latest project was her second genre film in 2024 alone, with the other being Caitlin Cronenberg's thriller Humane. Since her time with the Rose family ended in 2020, she's taken on a wide variety of roles ranging from the Adrien Brody-led EPIX series Chappelwaite to Jake Johnson's directorial debut Self-Reliance and, more recently, Prime Video's The Rig, which just debuted its second season. Joining her in Mom was a strong supporting duo in The Borgias alum Arnaud and Sweet Tooth and Cocaine Bear star Christian Convery.

Mom will enjoy a limited run in theaters beginning February 7 before arriving on digital/VOD platforms on February 11. Check out the trailer above.

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Motherhood and horror are a very popular combo, whether you read, watch, or play genre media. We’ve seen it throughout the decades and we’ll continue to see it until the end of time. But it’s exciting when a film comes along that twists those expectations even a little bit. Such is the case in Adam O’Brien‘s upcoming horror film Mom, starring Emily Hampshire of Schitt’s Creek fame. And we have the exclusive teaser ahead of its world premiere at Glasgow FrightFest.

Read the full synopsis:
A struggling mother is abandoned by her family and partner after a horrific incident. As she falls further into isolation, she begins to be haunted by a sinister entity that is determined to make her relive her darkest moments.

Watch the exclusive teaser now on Dread Central:

Hampshire stars in the film with François Arnaud (The Borgias) and Christian Convery (Cocaine Bear).

Mom will have its world premiere at Glasgow FrightFest on March 9, 2024.
Synopsis – Struggling with postnatal depression and feeling misunderstood by her husband, Meredith begins to experience terrifying visions foreshadowing an ultimate tragedy.

Directed – Adam O’Brien

Starring – Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud, Christian Convery

Check out the trailer:
Emily Hampshire

Hampshire at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards
Born 1979–1981[note 1]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–present
Spouse Matthew Smith
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​(m. 2006; div. 2014)​
Emily Hampshire is a Canadian-American actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series 12 Monkeys (2015–2018), and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV animated series Ruby Gloom (2006–2008). Hampshire has held leading roles in the series Chapelwaite (2021) and The Rig (2023–present).

Early life
Hampshire was born in Montreal.[3][6] She became interested in acting at age 11 after attending a performance of Les Miserables with her mother.[7][8] Her interests were solidified by the vice principal of her all-girls Catholic school, who praised her performance during a school theatre production.[8][9] At age 16, she moved to Toronto to pursue roles in TV and film.[7] She was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts shortly after high school but never attended, as it conflicted with a film opportunity.[9]

Career

Emily Hampshire, at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010
Hampshire has been professionally active in the Canadian film and television industry since 1996. She has starred in the Canadian series This Space For Rent, Carl², and Northern Town. She played Margaret in The Life Before This, a feature film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999.

Hampshire starred alongside Kevin Zegers and Samaire Armstrong in the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy/Girl Thing, in which she played the character Chanel. In 2009, she appeared in The Trotsky as Leon Trotsky's love interest Alexandra. In 2010, she starred in the Canadian indie film, Good Neighbours.[10] Hampshire has also done voice-acting, voicing the character Misery on the animated series Ruby Gloom, Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, Chloe Crashman in Carl Squared, Starr in 6Teen, and Alyson Malitski in Braceface.

On May 23, 2012, in Cannes, France, Hampshire and fellow actress Sarah Gadon were presented with the first Birks Canadian Diamond award during Telefilm Canada's inaugural Tribute To Canadian Talent press event and reception.[11] Also in 2012, Hampshire starred in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis as Jane Melman,[6][12] and co-starred in Sean Garrity's comedy film My Awkward Sexual Adventure, for which she received positive critical notice.[13] The same year she was cast in the futuristic-zombie film The Returned.[14]

In 2014, Hampshire was cast in the Syfy series 12 Monkeys in the recurring role of Jennifer Goines, a reimagined version of Brad Pitt's character from the film on which the series is based;[15] in 2015, she was upped to a series regular for the show's second season.[16] From 2015 to 2020, she played Stevie Budd in the CBC television series Schitt's Creek.[17]

In late 2015, Hampshire was cast in Xavier Dolan's independent film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, which also stars Natalie Portman, Kathy Bates, and Susan Sarandon.[18]

In 2021, she appeared in the music video for The Tragically Hip's single "Not Necessary", from their EP Saskadelphia.[19]

She co-wrote the graphic novel Amelia Aierwood –- Basic Witch which was published in 2023[20] by Z2 Comics.

Personal life
Hampshire is pansexual.[21] In 2006, she married Matthew Smith, a former football player turned agent-in-training at the William Morris talent agency.[3] They divorced shortly before she was cast in Schitt's Creek in 2014.[22][7] In September 2018, it was confirmed that Hampshire was in a relationship with singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger; they became engaged in November 2018.[23] They ended their engagement on June 10, 2019.[24]

In 2007, Hampshire moved to Los Angeles.[8] She was briefly attached that year to the indie Sparkle Dark, but the project wasn't made.[25][26] Hampshire became a naturalized U.S. citizen in September 2014 and currently divides her time between Los Angeles and Toronto.[27]

Filmography
Film

Emily Hampshire at CFC Annual BBQ 2012
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Dead Innocent Nicole
1998 Boy Meets Girl Angelina Milleflores
1999 The Life Before This Margaret
2001 Chasing Cain Holly
2002 Posers Ruth
2003 A Problem with Fear Dot
Twist Waitress
2004 Blood Noelle Terry
2006 Snow Cake Vivienne Freeman
It's a Boy Girl Thing Chanel
2007 The Cradle Julie
2009 The Trotsky Alexandra Leith
2010 Die Lisa Meridian
Good Neighbours Louise
2012 Cosmopolis Jane Melman
My Awkward Sexual Adventure Julia Bowe
2013 All the Wrong Reasons Nicole [28][29]
The Returned Kate
That Burning Feeling Genevieve
2015 Borealis Kyla
2017 Mother! Fool
Never Saw It Coming Keisha Ceylon
2018 The Death and Life of John F. Donovan Amy Bosworth [30]
2022 The End of Sex Emma Also executive producer[31]
2023 Self Reliance Mary
Fitting In Rita [32]
Appendage Claudia
The Mattachine Family Leah
2024 Humane Rachel York
TBA Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice Filming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994, 1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Sandy Campbell, Heather Episodes: "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure: Part 1", "The Tale of the Vacant Lot"
1997 The Last Don Young Rose Marie Television miniseries
Every 9 Seconds Missy Television film
Earth: Final Conflict Julie Payton Episode: "Miracle"
1998–2001 Made in Canada Siobhan Roy Recurring role (seasons 1–3), 15 episodes
1999 Seasons of Love Adult Charlotte Television film
Love Letters Gretchen Lascelles Television film
Happy Face Murders Tracy Billings Television film
Mythic Warriors 2nd Village Girl Voice role; episode: "Phaeton: The Chariot of Fire"
2000–2001 Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series Diana Barry Main voice role
2000 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Abby Butler Episode: "Tyler/Tim"
Twice in a Lifetime Young Blair Wilson Episode: "Party Girls"
La Femme Nikita Satin Tate Episode: "Sleeping with the Enemy"
The Ride Adeline Kelly Television film
Scorn Amanda Television film
2001 Doc N/A Episode: "You Gotta Have Heart"
The Associates Sarah Arrigo Episode: "Care & Control"
MythQuest Contessa Episode: "The Doppelganger"
2001–2004 Braceface Alyson Main voice role
2002 Chasing Cain: Face Holly Television film
Mutant X Charlotte Cooke Episode "Altered Ego"
A Nero Wolfe Mystery Carol Annis Episode: "Poison à la Carte"
The Eleventh Hour Amy Kimball / Meredith Episode: "Tree Hugger"
2003 Foolish Girl Goth Girl TV series
The Atwood Stories Christine Anderson Episode: "The Man from Mars"
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids Katie Voice role; Television film
2004 This Is Wonderland Marsha Flutie Episode 1.5
Puppets Who Kill Sister Selma Episode: "Prostitutes for Jesus"
Atomic Betty Megan Voice role; episode: "The Doppelganger/Cosmic Cake"
Earthsea Rosa Television miniseries
6teen Starr Voice role; episodes
2004–2005 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Katie Katydid Voice role; 3 episodes
2005–2006 Carl² Chloe Crashman Recurring voice role; 14 episodes
2006 6teen Starr Episode: "Lights Out"
Northern Town Amanda TV series
2006–2007 Ruby Gloom Misery Main voice role
2007 This Space for Rent Iona Goldenthal Episode: "Stain'd"
2011 Republic of Doyle Tricia Episode: "Something Old, Something New"
2012 Hitched for the Holidays Julie Television film (Hallmark)
2013 Rookie Blue Celery Recurring role, 4 episodes
2015 Man Seeking Woman Krystal Episode: "Pitbull"
2015–2018 12 Monkeys Jennifer Goines Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–4)
2015–2020 Schitt's Creek Stevie Budd Main role
2016 Houdini & Doyle Madame Korzha Episode: "The Curse of Korzha"
2019 Save Me Sasha Web series; episodes: "Bar is Low", "Boyfriend Material"
2020 50 States of Fright Megan Bloom 2 episodes
2021 Robot Chicken Daughter Voice role; episode: "May Cause Lucid Murder Dreams"
Chapelwaite Rebecca Morgan Main role
2023–present The Rig Rose Mason Main role[33]
2023 Slip Sandy 3 episodes
The Real Housewives of New York City Herself Episode: "Anniversorry, Not Sorry"
Celebrity Jeopardy! Herself Contestant
Video games
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight (2010), as Lillian Parker
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2001 Genie Awards Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Made in Canada Won [34]
2003 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role A Problem with Fear Nominated [34]
2004 Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Blood Nominated [34]
2006 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Snow Cake Nominated [34]
2008 Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series Ruby Gloom Nominated [34]
2012 Canadian Diamond Awards Tribute to Canadian Talent Various Won [11]
2013 Canadian Comedy Awards Best Female Performance in a Feature My Awkward Sexual Adventure Won [35]
2015 Golden Maple Awards Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. 12 Monkeys
Schitt's Creek Won [36][37]
2016 4th Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Schitt's Creek Won [34]
Golden Maple Awards Best actress in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. 12 Monkeys
Schitt's Creek Nominated [38]
2017 5th Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Schitt's Creek Won [39][40]
2018 6th Canadian Screen Awards Schitt's Creek Won [41]
2019 7th Canadian Screen Awards Schitt's Creek Won [42]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Schitt's Creek Nominated [43]
2020 8th Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Schitt's Creek Won [44]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Schitt's Creek Won [45]
2021 9th Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Schitt's Creek Won [46]
Notes
Her birth year is disputed. Many sources claim her birth year to be 1981.[1][2] However in an October 2009 interview with Toronto Star she talks about how she recently turned 30 and that she's three years older than Jay Baruchel who was born in 1982. Which implies a 1979 birth year.[3] Articles published by The Globe And Mail in September 2012 and National Post in December 1999 list ages that also imply a 1979 birth year as well.[4][5]
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Mother!
Jennifer Lawrence looking off in the distance.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky
Produced by
Scott Franklin
Ari Handel
Starring
Jennifer Lawrence
Javier Bardem
Ed Harris
Michelle Pfeiffer
Cinematography Matthew Libatique
Edited by Andrew Weisblum
Production
company
Protozoa Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
September 5, 2017 (Venice)
September 15, 2017 (United States)
Running time 121 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $30 million[2]
Box office $44.5 million[3]
Mother! (stylized as mother!) is a 2017 American psychological horror[4] film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, and Kristen Wiig. Its plot, inspired by the Bible, follows a young woman whose tranquil life with her husband at their country home is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious couple, leading to a series of increasingly chaotic and destructive events.

The film premiered on September 5, 2017, at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the Golden Lion. It was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on September 15, 2017. The film grossed $44.5 million worldwide. It received generally positive reviews from critics; on the other hand, Mother! received a rare "F" CinemaScore grade from audiences.

Plot
In the burned-out remains of a large house, Him, an acclaimed poet struggling with writer's block, places a crystal object on a pedestal in his study, and the building morphs into a beautiful home in an edenic landscape. Mother, the poet's wife and muse, awakens in her bed and wonders aloud where Him is. While renovating the house, she occasionally visualizes a beating heart within its walls.

One day, a stranger called Man turns up at the house, claiming to be an orthopedic surgeon and asking for a room. That night, Man suffers from dry heaves and Mother observes a wound on his side. Man's wife, Woman, arrives the next day. Mother is increasingly frustrated by her guests, but Him begs her to let them stay, revealing that Man is actually a fan whose dying wish was to meet Him. However, when Man and Woman accidentally shatter the crystal object, Him becomes angry and boards up his study. Man and Woman's two sons arrive unexpectedly and fight over Man's will. Oldest Son wounds his brother, and then flees after having his head smashed against glass by Him, leaving a bloody gash in Younger Brother's head.

Him, Man, and Woman take the injured son to the hospital. Mother cleans up and notices strange damage to the house, including a fly, a frog, and blood that will not stop dripping. She follows the blood to a tank of heating oil hidden behind the basement walls. Him informs Mother that Younger Brother has died.

Mother and Him are roused that night when dozens of people arrive unannounced at the house to mourn the dead son. The visitors behave in rude and presumptuous ways that irritate Mother, and she snaps and orders everyone to leave when they break a sink, partially flooding the house. She berates Him for allowing so many people inside and ignoring her needs, but their argument leads to passionate love-making. The next morning, Mother announces she is pregnant, which elates Him and inspires him to start writing again.

Some time later, Mother prepares for the child's arrival and reads Him's beautiful new poem. Upon publication, it is acclaimed and sells well. In celebration, Mother prepares a big dinner, but more fans interrupt. Mother tries to lock the doors, but droves of fans pour inside and begin to wreak havoc, damaging the house. Him is oblivious, but a disoriented Mother watches helplessly as military forces turn up to battle members of the cult that has sprung up around Him; his publicist organizes mass executions. Mother goes into labor and Him reopens his study so she can give birth inside.

The havoc outside subsides. Him finds that the fans have left gifts and are waiting. Him tells Mother that his fans want to see their newborn son, and he does not want them to leave. Mother refuses to hand over the boy to Him, but after she falls asleep, Him takes the child outside to the crowd. They pass the baby around wildly until he is inadvertently killed. Mother finds people eating her son's mutilated corpse. Furious, she attacks them. They turn on her and beat her savagely until Him intervenes. He begs Mother to forgive them, but she runs down to the basement oil-tank and ignites the oil, causing an explosion that incinerates the crowd and destroys the house.

Him is unscathed by the inferno, but Mother is severely burned. She asks him what he is, and he replies, "I am I" and says Mother is "home". He assures her that nothing was her fault and resolves to take her to "the beginning". He asks if her love still exists; with her permission, he removes her heart from her chest, tearing it open to reveal a new crystal object. He places it on the pedestal, transforming the house back into a beautiful home. A new Mother appears in her bed and awakens, wondering aloud where Him is.

Cast
Jennifer Lawrence as mother
Javier Bardem as Him
Ed Harris as man
Michelle Pfeiffer as woman
Brian Gleeson as younger brother
Domhnall Gleeson as oldest son
Jovan Adepo as cupbearer
Patricia Summersett as consoler
Emily Hampshire as fool
Luis Oliva as idler
Chris Gartin as adulterer
Stephen McHattie as zealot
Arthur Holden as lingerer
Kristen Wiig as herald
Scott Humphrey as abettor
Marcia Jean Kurtz as thief
Carolyn Fe as pilferer
Cristina Rosato as novitiate
Mizinga Mwinga as deputy
Amanda Warren as healer
Laurence Leboeuf as maiden
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse as foremother
Themes
In an interview, Lawrence stated that the film is an allegory and "depicts the rape and torment of Mother Earth ... I represent Mother Earth; Javier, whose character is a poet, represents a form of God, a creator; Michelle Pfeiffer is an Eve to Ed Harris's Adam, there's Cain and Abel and the setting sometimes resembles the Garden of Eden."[5]

Aronofsky said the exclamation mark in the title "reflects the spirit of the film", which ends with "a big exclamation point". He discussed the film's unusual choice of not capitalizing the letter 'm' in the title during a Reddit interview, saying: "To find out why there's a lowercase 'm', read the credits and look for the letter that is capitalised. Ask yourself what's another name for this character?" (In the credits, the characters' names are all shown in lowercase, except for Him.)[5]

Production
Writing
After 2014's Noah, Darren Aronofsky began working on a children's film. During that process, he came up with a new idea. He ended up writing the screenplay for Mother! in five days, much faster than his usual pace.[6] The film uses a dream-logic narrative, of which Aronofsky has noted: "if you try to unscrew it, it kind of falls apart ... it's a psychological freak-out. You shouldn't over-explain it."[7]

Casting
Jennifer Lawrence was reportedly in talks to join the film by October 2015[8] and by January 2016, Javier Bardem was also in talks to star.[9] In March, it was announced Kristen Wiig had been cast in the film[10] and, by April, Domhnall Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris and Brian Gleeson were added to the cast.[11] Sebastian Stan auditioned for Domhnall Gleeson's part, but "hyperventilated" during the audition due to a panic attack.[12] Lawrence was paid $15 million, while Harris and Pfeiffer earned $3 million and $5 million, respectively.[2]

Filming
On a production budget of $30 million,[2] principal photography began in Montreal, Québec under the shooting title Day 6 from June to August 2016.[13] The cast first rehearsed for three months in a warehouse, during which time Aronofsky was able to "get a sense of movement and camera movement, and learn from that." Lawrence was reportedly quite relaxed through rehearsals; Aronofsky said that he "didn't get to know the character until we started shooting, and she showed up."[6]

Music
Mother! was the first of Aronofsky's films without the involvement of composer Clint Mansell.[14] It initially had a score composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson, but after seeing the 90-minute score synced up with a rough cut of the film, Aronofsky and Jóhannsson agreed not to use it. They tried using the score at only a few moments, then a minimal version of the score with sound design by Craig Henighan, incorporating noises into the soundscape of the house. They ultimately decided the film worked best with no music.[15] Composer Ólafur Arnalds recounted the following story about this decision:

... he had spent a year writing the score for Darren Aronofsky's Mother! and at some point realised that the film was better with no music at all. He proceeded to convince Darren to delete everything. It takes a real, selfless artist to do that. To realise the piece is better without you. The most important part of creating art is the process, and Jóhann seemed to understand process. The score needed to be written first in order to realise that it was redundant. So in my view, Mother! still has a score by Jóhann. The score is just silence ... deafening, genius silence.[16]

Over the closing credits, the film features a cover of Skeeter Davis's "The End of the World" performed by Patti Smith.[17]

Release
The cast and director sitting at a long table
The cast and director Darren Aronofsky at a press conference during the 2017 Venice Film Festival
The film was originally scheduled to be released on October 13, 2017,[18] but was moved up to September 15.[19] It had its world premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the Golden Lion;[20] premiered in London on September 6, 2017;[21] and was screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[22][23]

Home media
Mother! was released digitally on December 5, 2017, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 19.[24]

Sydney mural controversy
In September 2017, street art-based advertising agency Apparition Media painted over a mural in Sydney's Newtown neighbourhood with a mural promoting Mother! The original mural, "It's like a jungle sometimes", depicted the streets of Newtown as a jungle with the line referencing Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's song "The Message". It was painted in 2005 by artist Colin Bebe, who told the ABC that it represented a period of depression and suicidality.[25] Apparition Media painted over it without council permission, replacing it with a giant portrait of Jennifer Lawrence and the caption "#mothermovie." Much community outrage followed and within hours, the new mural had been graffitoed by someone who added: "Fuck off! It really is a jungle sometimes. No respect!"[26] Apparition Media apologised and word of the incident also reached Aronofsky himself, who tweeted that he was "embarrassed and furious" and would pay for the mural to be restored.[27] The original mural was restored in December 2017.[28]

Reception
Box office
The film grossed $17.8 million in the United States and Canada and $26.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $44.5 million.[3]

In North America, the film was released alongside American Assassin and was projected to gross $12–14 million from 2,368 theaters in its opening weekend.[29] It made $700,000 from Thursday night previews, $3.1 million on its first day, and went on to open to just $7.5 million, finishing third at the box office. Deadline Hollywood attributed the film's underperformance to its controversial narrative, misleading advertisements, and "F" CinemaScore grade.[2] As of April 2020, it is one of only 22 films to receive such a rating.[30] Other publications wrote that the film's CinemaScore grade, which is rare, is typically associated with "a movie that goes out of its way to artfully alienate or confuse audiences."[31][32] In its second weekend, the film dropped 56.3% to $3.3 million, finishing sixth at the box office.[33]

Aronofsky responded to the film's CinemaScore rating by saying that Mother! was meant to be difficult viewing for audiences: "How if you walk out of this movie are you not going to give it an 'F'? ... We wanted to make a punk movie and come at you. And the reason I wanted to come is because I was very sad and I had a lot of anguish and I wanted to express it."[34]

Critical response
Mother! received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Aronofsky's direction and the performances, particularly those of Lawrence and Pfeiffer,[35][36][37] while its biblical allegories and depiction of violence was scrutinized by some news outlets.[38][39][40] The film received both boos and a standing ovation during its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.[41] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 68% of 377 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's consensus reads: "There's no denying that Mother! is the thought-provoking product of a singularly ambitious artistic vision, though it may be too unwieldy for mainstream tastes."[42] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[43] PostTrak reported filmgoers gave a 51% overall positive and a 33% "definite recommend".[2]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety, in a positive review of the film, called Mother! "a piece of ersatz humanity", and wrote: "By all means, go to Mother! and enjoy its roller-coaster-of-weird exhibitionism. But be afraid, very afraid, only if you're hoping to see a movie that's as honestly disquieting as it is showy."[44] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film three and a half out of four stars, describing it and Aronofsky's direction as an "artist's cry from his own corrupt heart" and "a work of a visionary". He also praised the film's allegorical narrative and the performances of Lawrence, Bardem, and Pfeiffer, and said, positively, that the cinematography "always seems on the verge of exploding".[45] Writing for the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips said: "Darren Aronofsky delivers a damning critique of the artist/muse arrangement, even as he admits to its old-fashioned patriarchal simplicity." He also referred to the film and its script as "grandiose and narcissistic and, in quick strokes, pretty vicious," while drawing a similarity to Aronofsky's film Black Swan.[46]

Writing for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw gave the film five stars, saying: "Darren Aronofsky's toweringly outrageous film leaves no gob unsmacked. It is an event-movie detonation, a phantasmagorical horror and black-comic nightmare that jams the narcosis needle right into your abdomen."[47] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a B+, writing: "the filmmaking ranks as some of Aronofsky's most skillful".[48] Ben Croll of IndieWire gave the film an A−, noting: "Awash in both religious and contemporary political imagery, Darren Aronofsky's allusive film opens itself to a number of allegorical readings, but it also works as a straight-ahead head rush."[49] In an essay for The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Scorsese said: "It was so tactile, so beautifully staged and acted—the subjective camera and the POV reverse angles, always in motion ... the sound design, which comes at the viewer from around corners and leads you deeper and deeper into the nightmare ... the unfolding of the story, which very gradually becomes more and more upsetting as the film goes forward. The horror, the dark comedy, the biblical elements, the cautionary fable—they're all there, but they're elements in the total experience, which engulfs the characters and the viewers along with them. Only a true, passionate filmmaker could have made this picture, which I'm still experiencing weeks after I saw it."[50] Director William Friedkin praised the film.[51]

Rex Reed gave the film zero stars in The New York Observer, and wrote that, despite some good cinematography, "Nothing about Mother! makes one lick of sense as Darren Aronofsky's corny vision of madness turns more hilarious than scary. With so much crap around to clog the drain, I hesitate to label it the 'Worst movie of the year' when 'Worst movie of the century' fits it even better." Reed further dismissed other critics' positive reviews of the film as "equally pretentious" and "even nuttier than the film itself. ... they all insist Mother! is a metaphor for something, although they are not quite sure what it is."[52] Similarly, The New Republic's Jo Livingstone stated that the film has "no human center to hold it down."[53] Anthony Lane wrote in his review in New Yorker that "My patience was tested beyond repair, I am afraid, by the nimbus of nonsense."[54] In The Wall Street Journal, John Anderson said: "it achieves a level of excess that makes the whole enterprise increasingly cartoonish, rather than just awful."[55] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film two out of four stars, writing that, while he appreciated Lawrence's performance, he questioned whether Aronofsky was mocking certain biblical passages featured in the film or presenting a commentary on an artistic process.[56] Writing for The Washington Post, Anne Hornaday gave the film two stars, saying: "Even Lawrence's magnetic powers can't keep Mother! from going off the rails, which at first occurs cumulatively, then in a mad rush during the film's outlandish climax."[57]

Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star Ledger wrote: "one part early Roman Polanski, one part pseudo Harold Pinter, and two parts apology-from-a-driven-artist. And none of it adds up. The feeble idea behind Mother! isn't strong enough to bear the weight of all the overwrought style he hangs on it. Unlike the mansion it's set in, it's a small, hammered-together thing, and it can't bear all this meaning and metaphor."[58] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly said: "Darren Aronofsky's Mother! is Rosemary's Baby amped up into a fugue state of self-indulgent solipsism. He's an artist. And he really wants you to know that he's been thinking a lot about what that means. Unfortunately, his gaze is so deep into his own navel that it's just exasperating."[59] David Edelstein of New York magazine shrugged off the film and any talk of its craft, writing: "Most of the dialogue and effects are clunky, repetitive, second rate."[60]

Accolades
The film's nominations at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards received backlash from audiences and critics, especially Lawrence's nomination, whose performance was praised by critics.[61][62][63][64]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 8, 2018 Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead and The Love Interest Award Jennifer Lawrence & Javier Bardem Nominated [65]
Actress Most in Need of a New Agent Jennifer Lawrence Nominated
AWFJ Hall of Shame Award Darren Aronofsky Nominated
Camerimage November 18, 2017 Golden Frog Matthew Libatique Nominated [66]
Dorian Awards February 24, 2018 Supporting Film Performance of the Year – Actress Michelle Pfeiffer Nominated [67]
Campy Flick of the Year Mother! Won
Empire Awards March 18, 2018 Best Horror Mother! Nominated [68]
Golden Raspberry Awards March 3, 2018 Worst Director Darren Aronofsky Nominated [69]
Worst Actress Jennifer Lawrence Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor Javier Bardem (also for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards March 4, 2018 Most Underrated Movie of the Year Mother! Nominated [70]
Trippiest Movie of the Year Won
Best Horror Movie of the Year Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2018 Best Poster Design Mother! Nominated [71]
IndieWire Critics Poll December 19, 2017 Best Supporting Actress Michelle Pfeiffer 5th place[a] [72]
Online Film Critics Society Awards December 28, 2017 Best Picture Mother! Nominated [73]
Saturn Awards June 27, 2018 Best Horror Film Mother! Nominated [74]
Venice Film Festival September 9, 2017 Golden Lion Mother! Nominated [75]
Visual Effects Society Awards February 13, 2018 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Dan Schrecker, Colleen Bachman, Ben Snow, Wayne Billheimer & Peter Chesney Nominated [76]
Notes
Tied with Holly Hunter for The Big Sick.
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