The Mother

2023
R
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

50K

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POPULARITY

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One-Person Army Action Action Thriller

While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

50K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,789

101

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
Jennifer Lopez character has no name.

Goofs
J Lo said Joseph Fiennes' character, "Lovell" , was S.A.S training the unit she was serving with. If that was true, why was he wearing a Parachute Regiment beret? Did they not have a military advisor on set either? I'm ex UK military and that is NOT how you wear a beret! He looked more like Frank Spencer.

Quotes
The Mother: [the bowl of meat is in front of Zoe] Eat.
Zoe: I can't.
The Mother: Yes, you can.
Zoe: [eyes filled with tears, she shakes her head] Not eating Bambi's mom.
The Mother: That's isn't venison. The deer is to hang for the meat to tenderize. Besides, that was a stag, so... it would be Bambi's dad.
Zoe: What is this, then?
The Mother: Rabbit. Thumper.
Zoe: I'm not eating a rabbit either.
The Mother: [sighs] Listen to me. That rabbit had a better life than any cheeseburger you ever ate.
Zoe: It had a beautiful life until you shot it.
The Mother: I trapped it.
Zoe: [sarcastically] Much better.
The Mother: Let me tell you something, kid. There's nothing you ever ate your whole life that didn't come from violence.
Zoe: Tofu.
The Mother: Half of Paraguay was burned and deforested for soy plantations.
Zoe: Cheese.
The Mother: Those cows are impregnated just so they can be pulled on all day.
Zoe: Gross.
The Mother: Gmph.
Zoe: Cashew cheese.
The Mother: I knew a mercenary in the Ivory Coast. He said they fought a civil war over cashews.
Zoe: [tearfully] I wanna go home.

Connections
Referenced in Toxic Femininity: Netflix' Cleopatra worst ever on Rotten Tomatoes, "Hold my beer" says Miller (2023)

Soundtracks
Mala Mia
Written by Miky La Sensa (as Stiven Rojas Escobar), Chan El Genio (as Bryan Chaverra), Edgar Barrera, Nyal Beats (as Johany Alejandro Correa Moreno), Maluma (as Juan Luis Londono Arias), Kevin Adg (as Kevin Mauricio Jimenez Londono)
Performed by Maluma
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US Latin, LLC

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Review

Featured review

5/10

Watchable, but somewhat generic...

Right, an action thriller starring Jennifer Lopez, I can't really claim that I was particularly harboring much of any grand expectations to the movie as I stumbled upon it on Netflix. In fact, I had actually never heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it.

The synopsis for the movie seemed fair enough, and I will say that writers Misha Green, Andrea Berloff and Peter Craig put together a fair enough script and storyline for the movie. It wasn't exactly a story that brought much innovation with it, but I will say that "The Mother" was sufficiently entertaining for a single viewing. And it should be noted that the storyline was actually somewhat cliché and generic, which made it rather predictable.

The pacing of the narrative throughout the 115 minutes that the movie ran for was okay. The movie did feel a bit sluggish at times, and could perhaps have benefitted from a more efficient trim in the editing room.

The acting performances in the movie were fair enough, and Jennifer Lopez actually fared adequately enough in the movie and in this type of genre. So she has the ability to perform outside of romantic comedies. She was joined on the screen by Omari Hardwick and Joseph Fiennes, as the only familiar faces among the cast list for me.

All in all, "The Mother" is a watchable movie, entertaining enough for what it turned out to be. Just don't expect to be in for anything that haven't already been done or seen in the genre before. However, it is a movie that ultimately doesn't have enough meat on it to support more than just a single viewing. And the movie's predictability sort of stole away from both the action and thriller aspects of the script.

My rating of director Niki Caro's 2023 action thriller "The Mother" lands on a five out of ten stars.