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The Mother (2023)

[yours-stevie]

'The Mother' is now streaming on Netflix!! 🐺

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The Mother

directed by Niki Caro, 2023

[ratleyland]

I was getting serious cliché 90s action movie vibes from this.

A simple plot/storyline

High speed chases

Lots of guns and action

...but it was still very enjoyable to watch.

[c-k-mack]

Zoe: I can handle being kidnapped, shot at and traumatized… but you took my phone!

Also Zoe: You killed Bambi!

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Mother (2023)

The best thing about The Mother is that it gives Jennifer Lopez the chance to play a diffent character than we're used to seeing from her. Turns out she can handle the action thriller stuff pretty well. The film itself is unfortunately more or less what we’ve come to expect from a streaming platform original. It’s well made but ultimately, generic and unmemorable. More content than passion project.

An unnamed U.S. military operative (Jennifer Lopez, whose character is only credited as “The Mother”) gives up her newborn daughter after becoming an informant for the FBI. Initially she was happy to work - and become romantically engaged with - Ex-SAS Captain Adrian Lovell (Joseph Fiennes) and arms dealer Hector Álvarez (Gael García Bernal) but once she found out they were involved in child trafficking, she double-crossed them. Now, they want her dead and no one is safe. Twelve years later, “The Mother” is a recluse living in Alaska when Special agent William Cruise (Omari Hardwick) approaches her. Zoe (Lucy Paez) has been captured by Álvarez's men to draw out their real target. It's a trap, but "The Mother" has no choice.

I can see why the film chose not to give Lopez’s character a name. “The Mother” cares about Zoe but she has no idea how to show it; she’s cold and the only parenting she manages to do is teach the girl extreme survival skills like shooting, trapping, and carving up game once it becomes clear Zoe will have to defend herself from the bad men. "The Mother" was the kind of person who pursued romance once upon a time but now, that’s all gone. Even to her friends, she’s distant. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure what's the cause. Giving up her daughter, maybe? Anyway, in execution, the choice not to give her a name makes for some clunky, carefully phrased dialogue. It’s not the only awkward choice. Omari Hardwick’s character is critical to the plot, until about halfway through when he gets dropped and essentially replaced by Zoe. While it’s an unpredictable turn, it minimizes the human connections between our protagonist who, unfortunately, you have a hard time becoming endeared towards. She came to the authorities and said something when she found a shipping container full of children. Cool. Before then, she was selling mines and guns to the kind of people that would round up said children though, so it’s not like she's fully redeemed yourself in our eyes. Even when “The Mother” goes after the men who kidnapped Zoe, it feels like she’s doing it for selfish reasons because she is so unemotional during the whole thing.

On the upside, you hate the villains and seeing them get taken out is satisfying. The “boss battles” are fun - in a nasty sort of way - and varied enough so that seeing "The Mother" and Special agent Cruise take baddies out never gets old. There’s plenty of tension throughout, particularly during the climax. The story moves at a good pace and it's never boring.

The price you're paying for admission to see The Mother - which is essentially nothing since you're already subscribed to the streaming service - is perfect. It's not a bad movie. It's just not memorable. As an action thriller you can throw on the TV to pass some time, it will keep you entertained. I mean that in a good way. (June 10, 2023)

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The Mother

Tiukkakatseinen mutsi suojelee tyttöään viimeiseen veripisaraan asti. Sudetkin väistää saatana. On se tiukka.

Toimintatrilleriä jossa Jennifer Lopez laittaa kusipäisille mulkuille pataan. Ei mitään mullistavaa kamaa.

2/5

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[thecurvycritic]

Jennifer Lopez Brings Mama Bear Vigilante Vibes to the Mother

When I tell you there is nothing better than seeing @jlo thrive in her action mode - it really does give meaning to greater later @netflix #themother

Did you know that the Latino community actually celebrates Mother’s Day on May 10th no matter what?  It’s a little know fact I discovered on my way to the premiere.  Having said that, if you have read read my reviews you know that I love me some Jennifer Lopez and watching her in The Mother is no different. Lopez is fully embracing her Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie action mode taking on the role of…

[oceanusborealis]

The Mother - Movie Review

TL;DR – A straightforward action film that is elevated by a strong bond. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit sceneDisclosure – I paid for the Netflix service that viewed this film The Mother Review – In recent years, it has been nice to see many actors have a resurgent cinema career. One of those has been Jennifer Lopez, who jumped back with Hustlers, then…

[cinemedios]

'La Madre' con Jennifer Lopez | Tráiler oficial

Mira el tráiler oficial de 'La Madre' con Jennifer Lopez y Gael García Bernal. Estreno en mayo.

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The Mother Trailer

After 12 years of hiding in the Alaskan wilderness, an assassin has to come out of hiding to protect the daughter she’s never met from vengeful criminals.

The Mother stars Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci, and Gael Garcia Bernal. Niki Caro directs from a screenplay by Misha Green, Andrea Berloff, and Peter Craig. The story is by Green.

The Mother hits Netflix on May 12, 2023.

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Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paez, Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jesse Garcia, Yvonne Senat Jones, Link Baker, Michael Karl Richards, Edie Falco, Noah Crawford, Saif Mohsen

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

The Mother (12): Less of Jennifer Lopez's 'booty'. More of her kicking ass.

#onemannsmovies review of "The Mother" (2023). #TheMotherMovie. Netflix action thriller with Jennifer Lopez. OK but formulaic. 2.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mother” (2023). “You don’t know how bad this gets” says “The Mother” (Jennifer Lopez) at one point near the start of this film. Well, frankly, I was bracing myself. But the fact of the matter is that this action flick never got really bad. It never got really good. It just sat there, festering, in “meh” land for me. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot…

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THE MOTHER (2023) Action thriller with Jennifer Lopez - now with trailer

The Mother is a 2023 American action thriller about an assassin who comes out of hiding to protect her daughter she left earlier in life. Directed by Niki Caro (Mulan; The Zookeeper’s Wife; McFarland USA; A Heavenly Vintage; North Country; Whale Rider; Memory & Desire) from a screenplay co-written by Misha Green, Andrea Berloff and Peter Craig; from a story by Misha Green. Produced by Elaine…