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Mother Mary
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- 2026
- David Lowery
- 111 mins
- 15
Summary
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer, Sam Anselm, on the eve of her comeback performance.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Chezelle Bingham
Anne Hathaway is spellbinding as a pop-star fusion of Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift in this surreal drama from David Lowery (The Green Knight). It follows the events that occur after Hathaway's titular musician reunites with her estranged ex-friend, fashion designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel), following an emotional crisis - Mother Mary is desperate for a dress to wear for what may very well be her final performance. Their reopening of old wounds is explored in a dialogue-heavy character piece that aims to reveal exactly what lies inside of "MM". Working in his usual heightened style, Lowery constructs a dense amalgamation of ideas that dissects the psyche of the professional performer. While this succeeds in its first hour, the second falls into an overly avant-garde, allegorical clutter that never quite lands despite some glorious musical sequences, a great wardrobe and an atmospheric soundtrack. Hathaway and Coel are magnificent in a film that so relies on their chemistry, with most of the 112 minutes playing out in a countryside barn-turned-studio. Unfortunately, their performances far outpace Lowery's uneven screenplay and highlight the shortcomings in an admirable examination of love and loathing that simply needed some finer tuning.
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rolenameMother MaryAnne HathawaySam AnselmMichaela CoelHildaHunter SchaferJadeSian CliffordEmilyAtheena FrizzellImogenFKA twigsTessaJessica Brown FindlayNikkiKaia GerberMiel ContreraAlba BaptistaKylaIsaura Barbé-Brown
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rolenameDirectorDavid LoweryWriterDavid LoweryProducerToby HalbrooksProducerJeanie IgoeProducerJames M. JohnstonProducerJonas KatzensteinComposerDaniel HartDirector of photographyAndrew Droz PalermoDirector of photographyRina YangEditorDavid LoweryCastingÁine O'SullivanProduction designerFrancesca Di Mottola
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Theatrical distributor
A24
Released on
2026-04-24
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing
Formats
Colour
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