{"id":14359,"date":"2026-04-25T19:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=14359"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:19:38","slug":"mother-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/04\/25\/mother-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Mother Mary<\/strong> (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A24\/Drama-Thriller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 112 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (some violent content and language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: David Lowery\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: David Lowery\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Daniel Hart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Andrew Droz Palermo and Rina Yang\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: April 24, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, FKA Twigs, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Isaura Barbe-Brown, Alba Baptista, Sian Clifford.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: \u00bd*<\/p>\n

\u00a0I did something I never, ever do while watching Mother Mary<\/strong>. I prayed. It went something like this:<\/p>\n

\u00a0O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my misery as I endure this pretentious piece of shart. <\/em><\/p>\n

To my Catholic friends, please don\u2019t be offended by my misuse of the Prayer to the Blessed Virgin. I was in pure torment.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mother Mary<\/strong>, an absolutely awful psychological thriller that rivals only last year\u2019s Hurry Up Tomorrow in its utter pretentiousness and pointlessness, is the work of A24 (who else?) and writer-director David Lowery (The Green Knight). It stars Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada) as the title character, a deeply troubled art-pop singer returning to the music scene after some kind of crisis forced her to step out of the spotlight for a spell. Everything must be exactly right for her comeback concert where she\u2019ll be singing her new song (\u201cthe best song in the history of songs\u201d) for the first time. The dress chosen for her performance is all wrong. It doesn\u2019t represent her.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The distressed artist flees to England to pay a surprise visit to her former costume designer Sam (Coel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever). They were close before Mary chose stardom over their friendship. Needless to say, Sam isn\u2019t exactly elated to see her old friend (and possibly lover) and is even less enthused about designing and assembling a special dress with only a few days before the big night. Regardless, she accepts the job and sets to creating a work of art.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It goes without saying there\u2019s a lot of resentment on Sam\u2019s end. She helped Mary to get where she is only to be left behind. She makes her feelings abundantly clear to Mary. She no longer listens to her music. She won\u2019t even let her play her great new song for her. In the only time Mother Mary<\/strong> comes to something resembling life, Sam has the singer perform the dance she plans to do without the music. A disheveled, barefoot Mary starts to move and transforms into something fierce and animalistic. It\u2019s almost like some external force is controlling her. When she finishes, the movie resumes its meaningless existence.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There\u2019s some kind of weird bond between Mary and Sam. It involves a red ghostly figure. As the movie progresses, they both start to unravel psychologically. I have to be honest here. I really have no idea what\u2019s going on in Mother Mary<\/strong>. But here\u2019s the thing. I DON\u2019T CARE! There\u2019s abstract then there\u2019s absurd. This movie is definitely the latter. It strives to be deep and meaningful only to land flat on its face with each miscalculated artistic decision. We know the dress is some kind of metaphor. For what, I have no idea. If somebody could explain…. on second thought, don\u2019t bother.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mother Mary <\/strong>is self-important, overwritten and way too in love with itself. It\u2019s also a ponderous bore. I fought to stay awake even though I knew I wouldn\u2019t miss anything if I closed my eyes for a few minutes. Not a whole hell of a lot happens save for a s\u00e9ance or two. It\u2019s mostly the two main characters talking in a single setting, the barn Sam uses as a workshop. There\u2019s a lot of dialogue, all of it nonsensical in its labored attempt to sound deep. We get lines like \u201cEvery moment is specific\u201d in response to Sam\u2019s comment about an accessory being from a specific moment. What does that even mean? It sounds like something a pseudo-intellectual community college student might say to impress a girl.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The songs contributed by Charli XCX, Jack Antonoff and FKA Twigs (who shows up in one scene as….. ah, who cares?) are both dull and overproduced. Hathaway appears to be attempting a bizarre amalgam of Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Madonna. Her adoring audience, depicted mostly as disembodied cheering and floating cell phone lights, eats it all up which confirms Mother Mary<\/strong> is set in some strange universe where such musical pabulum is celebrated as art. Wait a minute…..<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hathaway\u2019s performance in Mother Mary<\/strong> is pretty much limited to her walking around with a tormented look on her face when she\u2019s off-stage. She doesn\u2019t look much happier when she\u2019s on-stage. It\u2019s her worst performance since Serenity (2019). Coel fares a half-tad better as the slighted designer who might be gaslighting Mary as a means of revenge. The other actresses (NO men in this universe!) aren\u2019t even worth mentioning. They\u2019re basically back-up dancers in a drama with no rhyme, rhythm or reason.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The only reason I\u2019m not giving Mother Mary<\/strong> the dreaded \u201cNO STARS!!!\u201d is for Mary\u2019s uninhibited dance scene. I\u2019d like it even more if it was surrounded by a decent movie. It\u2019s not. It\u2019s not even watchable. It\u2019s aggravating, exhausting and stultifyingly boring. Its parental rights should be terminated immediately with no visitation. \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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