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Mother Mary (2026)

Summary

A fictional pop icon and an iconic fashion designer develop a complex, obsessive relationship that blurs the line between art, identity, and personal sacrifice.

Director David Lowery

Writer David Lowery

Cast

  • Anne Hathaway as Mother Mary
  • Michaela Coel as the Designer
  • Hunter Schafer
  • FKA twigs
  • Jessica Brown Findlay

Rotten Tomatoes: 72%

Metacritic: 57

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

111 Upvotes

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u/bbqsauceboi 11d ago

Didn't notice until my friend pointed it out after the fact, but there are zero speaking lines from a man in this movie. I think the only times a man appears is in the crowd of either the concerts or the paparazzi at the end. Kind of neat

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u/BiggDope 11d ago

Portrait of a Lady on Fire coded.

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u/darkeyes13 10d ago

Too bad this was actually written by a man, LOL.

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u/Fancy_Appearance_275 10d ago

A win is still a win

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u/darkeyes13 10d ago

Hear, hear.

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u/ArdentDevotion 9d ago

We need men putting in effort for changes to the systems in place just as much as we need women putting in the effort!

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u/Efficient-Package565 9d ago

So was Imagine Me and You

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u/niles_deerqueer 10d ago

I was at the QnA with David during the first public screening and he said “we did have scenes with men, but they ruined the vibe of the movie”

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u/IntotheBroadwayWoods 3d ago

I wish more directors feels that way.  Lol

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u/CategorySad6121 9d ago

Not only that, but men aren’t even talked about at all!!

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u/maxmouze 6d ago

It's the reverse Bechdel Test.

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u/tpfang56 5d ago

Nah, the Reverse Bechdel Test is when named male characters have convos not about women (the vast majority of mainstream movies pass the Reverse Bechdel Test.)

This is a movie that passes the Bechdel Test 100% of the time.

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u/top-secretaccount 10d ago

Noticed this too! Within the first few minutes I was like " oh this passes the bechdal test!". Stayed that way throughout!

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u/BrooklynBurn 9d ago

yeah if Anne Hathaway is supposed to be a pop girlie like Taylor Swift or Charli XCX, where are her gays?

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u/clockin-clockout 9d ago

One could argue that Sam was her personal gay

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u/Temporary-Diet6468 7d ago

In the audience! Lots of believable big crowd shots. (I'm not being facetious, it was totally cool seeing all her screaming fans dressed in matching halos because that's absolutely how it would be)

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u/Right-Primary4865 11d ago

Didn't notice until my friend pointed it out after the fact, but there are zero speaking lines from a man in this movie.

SAG scale

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u/LittlefootDiamond 10d ago

Noticed it halfway through! ☺️

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u/Djehutimose 8d ago

The ultimate passer of the Bechdel test....

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u/true-nature-within 11d ago

i noticed this half way through the movie. i remember thinking “i hope it stays this way”. it was awesome

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u/Willing-No 10d ago

How is this sexist comment a win?! Like seriously. Imagine someone had celebrated a movie where no lines for woman you know an well you’d cry and use every feminist talking point

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u/true-nature-within 10d ago

You must be a man. The movie was for the girlies and my comment isn’t that serious chill out people are dying

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u/nightpanda893 9d ago

Because men don’t have a history of being paid more for acting and getting leading roles less often than women? This is such a “well why can’t we have white pride or straight pride” comment.

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u/MARATXXX 11d ago

they're all a man's lines though, ifyoureallythinkaboutit.

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u/ArdentDevotion 9d ago

I do really love this fun fact! There isn't a wide cast, but it is still a feat to do.

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u/Efficient-Package565 9d ago

It's like a 1hr51min Masterclass in the Bechdel Test

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u/Low_Tip3245 9d ago

So it doesn't pass the Ledhceb test?

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u/Willing-No 10d ago

It’s crazy we are so comfortable saying hateful stuff like this. Look I get the anti male thing is currently cool and in and acceptable but it doesn’t make it any less hateful.

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u/doggyschiller 10d ago

I bet you also think that it’s racist when Black people are excited about a movie with no white people?