The Mother
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 12, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
15
Negative:
7
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38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 12, 2023
The Mother is watchable, here and there. Decently acted. Over-the-top, but not far enough over it to make it fun. Read full review
35
CNNBrian LowryMay 12, 2023
The kill count generally provides the requisite thrills, but everything else seems stitched together from genre clichés. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMay 19, 2023
It’s annoyingly lumpy, shockingly pedestrian, and instantly forgettable. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 12, 2023
Lacking the velocity and excitement of an action movie and the reality of good drama, The Mother is the worst of both worlds. Read full review
25
The PlaylistMarya E. GatesMay 12, 2023
Unfortunately [Lopez's] hampered by a character that is simultaneously overwritten and underwritten, while trapped in a film that never gives any of its characters room for the type of nuance a performance at that register requires. Read full review
25
ABC NewsPeter TraversMay 12, 2023
Jennifer Lopez and all the mothers out there deserve better than this gross, cringey gorefest about a military-trained assassin (JLo) who makes up to the pre-teen daughter she gave up at birth by instructing her in the fine art of killing bad guys. Happy Mother’s Day, indeed. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 11, 2023
It’s a script which shows every sign of having had plenty of rewrites, though perhaps it could have done with a few more. Read full review
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