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Dir: Darren Aronofsky (15, 115 mins)
The director of Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream returns with a horror film that is shrouded in mystery. Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem play a couple whose apparently idyllic existence is thrown into chaos with the arrival of some uninvited guests at their country home. Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer are apparently married and have pictures of Bardem in their luggage. Events get stranger and more horrific from thereon in with Lawrence coming apart at the seams, plagued by nightmarish sights and jump scares. The rest of plot has been kept under wraps, ensuring that this will be a horror worth seeing. Writer/director Aronofsky’s work is always interesting, even the Biblical head scratching version of Noah with its stone monsters was off-kilter. Mother! seems to be treading the same psychological horror path Aronofsky led us down with Black Swan, which will be bolstered by a similarly eclectic and interesting cast. Jennifer Lawrence at its unhinged centre sparring with an alternately sweet and creepy Bardem, seasoned pros Ed Harris and Michelle Pfieffer making a welcome return and Kristen Wiig and Downhill Gleeson also along for the ride, should make this twisted enigma a must see. Loving the exclamation mark too!
Opens Sept 15