Don't Read This Review Of Darren Aronofsky's Compelling, Confounding 'Mother!'
Critic Chris Klimek thinks you should go into this film about a poet (Javier Bardem) and his submissive wife (Jennifer Lawrence) cold — just be prepared for "squirm-inducing fun."
Don't read this.
I'm serious.
Reviews are, generally speaking, the best way to get a sense of whether a given movie is likely to be a rewarding experience for you. You gamble (at most) a couple of minutes before you gamble (at least) a couple of hours and a not-inconsequential sum of your hard-earned cash. Often, for your trouble, you get a pithy reminder of what the artists involved have done before. Best of all — if the critic is any good —you get a temporary parole from the prison of the self. Because if you decide to yourself, filtered through your own taste and mood and life experience. But a critic — again, if they've got any skills — can show you what one other person saw. What a gift!
