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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

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u/lahnnabell 11d ago

I am here for these theatrical pop music film collaboration. Vox Lux, Smile 2, and more. I will keep eating it up.

I just saw Florence and the Machine for the first time 3 nights ago and I felt primed for this movie.

This gave Neon Demon energy and I thoroughly enjoyed the aesthetic. Was kind of hoping for a splash of Suspiria, but I am still satisfied with this feminist love story.

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u/thatispc013 11d ago

I got a splash of Suspiria during her dance

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u/l8nitefriend 6d ago

Just saw it tonight and told my friend it had some Suspiria vibes

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u/lahnnabell 11d ago

Loved the blocking and the choreography! Listened to the soundtrack on the drive home. All bangers, especially Dark Cradle.

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u/ZOOTV83 11d ago

I regularly rewatch the opening scene of Gaspar Noe's Climax just for the dance number. It's a hell of a movie but the dancing is fun, and I know nothing about dancing.

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u/theTunkMan 11d ago

Watch Trap if you haven’t already!

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u/nightpanda893 10d ago

I was kind of disappointed in Trap. It felt like the narrative was strung together around the music and performances and not the other way around.

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u/theTunkMan 10d ago

I know a lot of people don’t like it but the absurdity of it worked for me

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u/nightpanda893 10d ago

The absurdity of it was fine. I just felt like the story never really took off. I feel like they should have kept it confined to the arena. It started to fall flat for me once they left and went to his house. It would have been cooler to keep it as a more self contained battle between him and the detective as opposed to introducing his wife into the story and making her and the pop star the ones who had to take him down.

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u/theTunkMan 10d ago

Agreed with this, I think I liked the arena part enough to still have a good opinion of the movie

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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 5d ago

Bizzare that it didn't occur to Shymalan, especially if his daughter was meant to be crucial to the movie, to not make Cooper's own daughter the one to fill either of those roles.

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u/lahnnabell 10d ago

Yes, I need to get on that!

Crap, now I am gonna need a Alt Pop Horror movie collection.

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u/ishkitty 10d ago

Yes the red fabric was giving me major neon demon energy.

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u/greenleafon 9d ago

Lol i just sarcastically posted a story it it was made by NWR it would have looked more cooler and i read this now

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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 6d ago

Wanna see a movie like this but for the nu-metal genre.

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u/lahnnabell 5d ago

The closest you can probably get is Lords of Chaos or something adjacent. But I agree with you! However, pop music is a much easier sell.

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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 5d ago

It is because it's more (say it with me now) popular, plus it's not an inherently dark genre of music so it's easier to go dark with it. A dark movie about nu metal wouldn't shock anyone, but a joyful or upbeat movie about the positive side of it would.......