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2017 · horror · drama

mother!

Directed by Darren Aronofsky2h 1m2017
ElsewhereIMDb6.6267kRT68%Metacritic76TMDB7.07k
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
  • twisty
Movie DNA

Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Our read · mother! (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want an allegorical home-invasion nightmare that escalates beyond reason.

ends devastatingit will wreck youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 25attention 5/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorechild peril

Skip it tonightYou need comfort, clarity, or anything but punishing chaos tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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