mother! is about the environment. Lawrence’s mother seems more like a walking symbol than a three-dimensional person.
It’s a horror movie, a psychological thriller, a marital drama, and the mother of all religious metaphors.
By the time they’re done, they’ve essentially used up every last resource available and then beaten the mother almost to death.
In this version, the all-important crystal that opens and closes the movie is the physical manifestation of Bardem’s artwork.
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