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The Mother

directed by Niki Caro, 2023

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.

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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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…

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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…

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'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.

Hoy se cumplen 5 años de que falleció mi viejo.

Y aunque el tiempo pasó y pasa volando, la ausencia se hace pesada en cada momento... 😔

Hará hasta lo imposible para proteger a su hija… “La Madre”

Basada en una historia de Misha Green, la película gira en torno a Jennifer Lopez, quien interpreta a una asesina profesional que se vio obligada a alejarse de su bebé para protegerla. Ahora, después de pasar años en los bosques de Alaska, saldrá de su escondite para rescatarla.

Estreno: 12 de mayo de 2023 en Netflix.

La película está dirigida por Niki Caro, guionizada por Misha Green, Andrea Berloff y Peter Craig, y protagonizada por Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci y Gael García Bernal.

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

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 Review- A Film That Falls Short of Its Lofty Goals

Jennifer Lopez has carved out a night career for herself in Hollywood besides her singing career. She got her big break in the musical biopic Salena and later starred opposite George Clooney in Out of Site. She was off and running. Her on-again-off-again relationship with Ben Affleck has been all over the tabloids but it hasn’t helped her acting career much, a few duds in the 2000s, and her…

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hi!! i know the admins already answered a question like this during the last round of acceptances but is there any chance you guys could give a short list of the mwf the admins would like to see the most for new apps? like in general and not for any particular skeleton! 👀

ah,  gosh,  this  is  so  hard  and  that's  why  we  have  the  huge  list  but,  for  you  anon...  we  will  do  our  best  🫡

admin  c: andrew  koji,  arian  moayed,  benjamin  bratt,  golshifteh  farahani,  ma  dong-seok,  park  hae-soo,  poppy  liu,  raúl  esparza,  ray  panthaki,  sinqua  walls,  winston  duke,  zahn  mcclarnon

admin  g: e.r.  fightmaster,  kawennáhere  devery  jacobs,  kelly  marie  tran,  logan  browning,  alberto  guerra,  aldis  hodge,  édgar  ramírez,  freema  agyeman,  lewis  tan,  michael  greyeyes

admin  p: amy  adams,  hayley  law,  hiroyuki  sanada,  kiowa  gordon,  laverne  cox,  raymond  ablack,  ritu  arya,  sendhil  ramamurthy,  sonoya  mizuno,  yahya  abdul-mateen  ii

most  wanted  overall: danny  pino,  dev  patel,  dewanda  wise,  gael  garcia  bernal,  gina  torres,  idris  elba,  john  boyega,  john  david  washington,  lucy  liu,  lupita  nyong’o,  mahershala  ali,  michelle  yeoh,  sara  ramirez,  sophie  okonedo,  stephanie  hsu,  tony  leung

>  user 🅒

mw fcs in general?

hello,  anon  !!  and  i'm  so  sorry  it  took  us  so  long  to  answer  this  question  but  it  was  so  hard  for  us  to  narrow  it  down  to  only  a  handful  of  fcs  and  ultimately,  we...  failed. 😔 jokes  aside,  it  really  was  a  struggle  to  cut  down  our  list  to  a  "relatively"  "reasonable"  number  because  there  are  so  many  fcs  that  we  could  see  working  for  our  open  skeletons  and  we  really  don't  want  to  limit  anyone's  creativity. we  hope  this  non-comprehensive  list  of  fcs  we  would  love  to  see  in  our  game  is  of  help  when  coming  up  with  your  character !

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30-35

anna  sawai,  ✓ daniel  kaluuya,  dev  patel,  e.r.  fightmaster,   hayley  law,   jasmine  cephas  jones,  jordan  alexander,  justin  h  min,   john  boyega,  kawennáhere  devery  jacobs,  kelly  marie  tran,  kiowa  gordon,  logan  browning,  luciane  buchanan,  mame-anna  diop,  miranda  rae  mayo,  nittha  jirayungyurn,  parveen  kaur,  priscilla  quintana,  poppy  liu,  raymond  ablack,  regé-jean  page,  ritu  arya,  stephanie  hsu,  tanaya  beatty,   trevante  rhodes,  y'lan  noel

36-40

alberto  guerra,  aldis  hodge,  alex  meraz,  andrew  koji,  angela  sarafyan,  asia  kate  dillon,  daniel  henney,  danny  pudi,  deepika  padukone,  dewanda  wise,  édgar  ramírez,  freema  agyeman,  gabourey  sidibe,  ✓ greta lee, golshifteh  farahani,  john  david  washington,  lewis  tan,  lupita  nyong’o,  martin  sensmeier,  michael  b.  jordan,  park  hae-soo,  ray  panthaki, ✓ riz ahmed, sonequa  martin-green,  sonoya  mizuno,  sinqua  walls,  wakeema  hollis,   ✓ will  sharpe,  winston  duke,  yahya  abdul-mateen  ii

45+

arjun  rampal,  amy  adams,  benjamin  bratt,  christine  adams,  danai  gurira,  danny  pino,  eva  mendes,  gael  garcia  bernal,  gina  torres,  hamish  linklater,  hiroyuki  sanada,   idris  elba,  jesse williams, ✓ jeffrey  wright,  ke  huy  quan,  kim  byung-chul,  kim  hye  soo,  laverne  cox,  lucy  liu,  ma  dong-seok,  mahershala  ali,  michael  greyeyes,  michelle  yeoh, ✓ omar  sy,  ✓ pedro  pascal,  rachel  mcadams,  rashida  jones,  raúl  esparza,  sandra  oh,  sara  ramirez,  sendhil  ramamurthy, sophie okonedo,  tamara  taylor,  taraji  p  henson,  tony  leung,  zahn  mcclarnon