Review of ‘Mother Mary’, film now available in theaters

It must be recognized in David Lowerya (minor) master of American independent cinema as an editor and producer of other people’s films, the constant intention to take risks even if it doesn’t always pay off. The greatest example of this audacity is the materialization on screen of the children’s representation of ghosts as specters dressed in their “A Ghost Story”. Precisely with that film in the memory, the promotional phrase of “Mother Mary” is “This is not a ghost story.”

“Mother Mary” It is, above all, a first-rate acting duel between Anne Hathaway and, in her most important film role, Michaela Coel, consecrated thanks to the television I Could Destroy You. The first half of the film has the aftertaste of good theatrical adaptations such as “The shadow of the actor” or, although these are big words, the classic “The footprint”. Hathaway, Oscar-winning for the musical “Les Misérables” where she performed one of the most famous pieces of the work, the emotional “I dreamed a Dream”, here she plays a megastar of the song easily assimilated to Lady Gaga – Charli The best moments of the film are there, in that confrontation of domination and servitude, of vulnerability and strength. An impressive moment of choreography without music stands out that positions Hathaway as an actress always in search of interpretive challenge and effort.

However, when Lowery exhausts the possibilities of this measured chamber piece to delve into poetic terror as a representation of the friendship between these two characters, the film suffers, and despite containing beautiful images and some striking passages, such as the one offered by the British FKA twigs, in a brief but brilliant role, the development is tiring.