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Mother Mary

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Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance.

Critics Reviews

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 14h
The result feels like a Hollywood production done on the cheap, with strenuous efforts to mask its small scale. Go to Full Review
David Sims The Atlantic 16h
It’s the furthest thing from the kind of mainstream-pop fame Mary seems to represent, but that dissonance is what makes Lowery’s storytelling so unique. Go to Full Review
Katie Walsh Tribune News Service 4d
2/4
Her new single might be called "Spooky Action" but despite a few gory moments, there’s not much spooky action to be found in the film as a whole. Go to Full Review
Jericho Tadeo Exclaim! 10h
8/10
Mother Mary is not the easiest film to watch this year, nor is it supposed to be; and in this case, the struggle is precisely the point. Go to Full Review
Alci Rengifo Entertainment Voice 1d
Mother Mary closes as an intriguing experiment that features engaging details that don’t always come together. Go to Full Review
CJ Sheu Review Film Review 1d
Lowery is an allegorist, always has been. He can’t sustain straight realism. . . . But allegory works for this film[.] Go to Full Review
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Skoyia 1d I laughed and cried that's how good this movie was. See more Priyo 2d heated rivalry but lesbian See more Patrick 3d Apparently, David Lowery came up with this story since he felt he was losing connection to his art while making a Disney film. It shows. Lowery puts his all into this, for better or worse. I love the first 45 minutes of this. It’s almost all dialogue, in a single location. Anne Hathaway is very good in this, don't get me wrong, but it’s Michaela Coel who is not only the best actor in the movie but also gives maybe the best performance I've seen so far this year. I loved everything about her performance, and my word, her narration delivery is something else. And, it's when the two of them are sharing scenes that this movie shines the most. At a certain point, though, Lowery reminds us that this is a movie, not a stage play, so he goes all out with Mother Mary. It’s an existential, engrossing, mesmerizing story execution that drifts through the narrative so elegantly that it’s hypnotic. But at this point, the shift from literal to somewhat abstract feels a little at odds with what comes before, rather than organic and purposefully woven into it. Still, is it immaculate on a sensory level, though? Absolutely. The cinematography, costume design, editing (for the most part), score (Daniel Hart, we don't deserve you), and sound design are excellent. And I got a pretty good idea of what it was going for, but I can't deny that it wasn’t as compelling as before. And I could tell this was a tough pill to swallow for much of the audience around me. Maybe it will mesh better on a rewatch. Who knows? But either way, even if the second half is weaker than the first, I do recommend it for the filmmaking and Michaela Coel’s performance alone. See more Remy 3d What did I just watch. Very talky. You can tell the script writer used their thesaurus. Enjoyed seeing Hathaways six pack abs and bare abs. See more Simon 4d Didnt know what to expect. Left the theater thinking that was not for me See more eli 4d It was amzing and scary as hell it bloody See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance.
Director
David Lowery
Producer
Toby Halbrooks, Jeanie Igoe, James M. Johnston, David Lowery, Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Jonathan Saubach
Screenwriter
David Lowery
Distributor
A24
Production Co
A24, Homebird Productions, Sailor Bear Entertainment, Augenschein Filmproduktion
Rating
R (Language|Some Violent Content)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 24, 2026, Wide
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1