seeing is believing.
| Cast |
Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Jovan Adepo, Amanda Chiu, Patricia Summersett |
| Director |
Darren Aronofsky |
| Screenplay | Darren Aronofsky |
| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Editing | Andrew Weisblum |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| SA distributor | UIP |
| Made in | 2017 |
| Produced by | Protozoa Pictures |
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| Genre | Horror |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of horror. |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for strong disturbing violent content, some sexuality, nudity and language |
| Runtime | 121 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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| Suggested age limit 17 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Masego Panyane  Reading between the bricks for a deeper meaning. | 15 |  |
| Cape Argus / The Star Jamal-Dean Grootboom mother! is a puzzle all the way through.. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Fassinerende riller beloon kykers met sterk binnegoed. | 15 | |
| 24.com Herman Eloff The film is a sinister, thought-provoking triumph that should leave you shaken, uncomfortable, unsure and uneasy. | 20 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy One of the more disappointing films of 2017 | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 48 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 279 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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. | 14 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Horrifying situations in surreal, escalating nightmare. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 397 users | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 19960 users | 10 |  |
| IMDB 38877 Netizens | 14 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
Average .. 66% | 13 | |