Netflix's new JenniferLopez thriller, TheMother, is a disappointing, poorly executed action flick.
The Mother Score Details “Despite the B-movie potential of its premise, The Mother is another flat, poorly executed thriller from director Niki Caro.” Pros Cons A lot of noise will likely be made online about Jennifer Lopez’s role in her new Netflix thriller, The Mother — namely, how ill-suited she seems for it.
Coming three years after Caro’s previous feature effort, Disney’s abominable live-action remake of Mulan, The Mother is another ambitious action film that its director never quite manages to wrap her hands around. That’s disappointing for a number of reasons, but none more so than the fact that the film’s prologue sets it up to be a far more entertaining and effective thriller than it turns out to be.
Before long, Lopez’s unnamed mother is forced out of her self-imposed exile when she discovers that Lovell and Álvarez have turned their attention to Zoe , the daughter that her dangerous life forced her to put up for adoption years prior. With its heroine intent on saving her daughter’s life no matter the cost, the film slowly but surely evolves into a thriller that’s part bare-knuckled action flick and part mother-daughter drama.
While Lopez does her best to sell her character’s physical prowess, she’s let down by Caro’s occasionally incomprehensible direction. The moments when a stunt double was likely used to stand in for Lopez often feel painfully obvious as well, largely because they’re the only times in The Mother when the actress’ character actually bothers to put on a helmet. These flaws, altogether, hinder action sequences that should feel far more engaging than they do.
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