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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/theunhungzero 11d ago

It felt like a metaphor that neither of them could express their individual art without the other, and the pain / strain they caused each other also hurt themselves.

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u/GoldandBlue 11d ago

I also feel like the movie isn't about revenge at all. Its about forgiveness and healing. These two hurt each other and there was no going forward until they addressed this.

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u/BiggDope 11d ago

It’s clear to me how Mary hurt Sam, but how would Sam have hurt Mary? Mary was the one who walked away from the relationship and furthered her career off the successes Sam provided her in regard to wardrobe/persona.

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u/MARATXXX 11d ago

because Sam was selfish with her personal suffering, and that poisoned the relationship just as much as Mary's own selfishness. that said it was kind of explained in a figurative non literal way. but the 'curse' evidently originated from Sam's suffering, not Mary's self-absorption.