X
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 55 m
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 55 m
Summary A deadly female assassin (Jennifer Lopez) comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men. [Netflix]
Directed By: Niki Caro
Written By: Misha Green, Andrea Berloff, Peter Craig
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 55 m
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 55 m
The Mother
45
6.7
Where to Watch
Summary A deadly female assassin (Jennifer Lopez) comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men. [Netflix]
Directed By: Niki Caro
Written By: Misha Green, Andrea Berloff, Peter Craig
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
45
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
58% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
27% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
45
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
58% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
27% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
If they can look past their own internal biases, The Mother should satisfy even the most diehard action fans, while leaving the door to some new ones.
The Mother is a lean, mean actioner, but one that could have benefited from better editing and a tighter script. That’s not to say that the film is terrible or unbearable by any means, it's just that it is a straightforward narrative that does not require a nearly two-hour run time to tell it right.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 63 User Ratings
6.7
51% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
27% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
22% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 63 User Ratings
6.7
51% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
27% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
22% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
The Mother is a suspenseful assassin film and yet it also has a thematically gripping story hidden underneath. Jennifer Lopez rocks in this dang solid film worth watching on Mother's Day.
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I’ll take this JLo as “nobody fucks with me or my daughter” killing machine, discovering her long-hidden maternal instincts, over those grimly generic rom-coms she cranks out once a year, which might as well be direct-to-inflight movies.
While there's enough action (murky action, but action all the same) to keep you at least half-engaged with the material, you might want to spend Mother's Day weekend doing something else instead.
The end result for Netflix is a missed opportunity to redefine a generational star as a bona fide action hero.
It’s a script which shows every sign of having had plenty of rewrites, though perhaps it could have done with a few more.
The Mother
This is a movie we've all seen before. Clichéd and formulaic, The Mother rides lazily on action movies before it, without offering anything tangible or new to the genre, and it's such a shame that three prolific writers were involved in making the plot.
Jennifer Lopez's acting is good, but with the material she had to work with, it's a dud. Lucy Paez as Lopez's daughter is a revelatory performance, and this should be a career launcher; her facial mannerisms also remind me of Sydney Sweeney.
The Mother has nothing new to offer, but it's still a watchable flick.
5-6/10
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Several variations on this plot have been released in the last few years: A skilled spy/agent (Jennifer Lopez) has to come out of hiding to rescue a loved one (in this case, her surly estranged daughter). This requires the usual action scenes, as well as tender drama moments. It's all done with mediocracy and any lack of originality. Even Lopez feels bland. As this genre goes, this one will be quickly forgotten.
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Standard fare action spy **** with a side family angle. The plot is very weak.
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Production Company
Nuyorican Productions,
Vertigo Entertainment
Release Date May 12, 2023
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination