"The movie stars Anne Hathaway as Mother Mary, a world-famous pop star, and Michaela Coel as Sam, a fashion designer she turns to for a dress. It seems like a drama at first, but the trailer soon reveals something else as Sam draws a chalk circle on the floor. "You think there's something inside you?" she asks. "Let's cast her out. Together.""
"That suggests a supernatural twist, but as the movie's tagline claims, this is not a ghost story - a reference to Lowery's 2017 film, A Ghost Story. So then what is it? The quick shots towards the end of the trailer suggest something a bit more surreal, like The Substance or Perfect Blue, so perhaps there's no logical explanation for the supernatural element; it just is."
"But perhaps there's something evil afoot. We see Mary at the end of her rope: she seeks out Sam because she "had nowhere else to go," and then there's a barrage of religious imagery, including a crown of thorns and a stigmata-like wound on a hand. Could Mary's existential crisis be religious in nature? Could she even be possessed, necessitating the occult-like behavior we see in the trailer?"
Mother Mary is a film from director David Lowery that centers on a world-famous pop star named Mother Mary, played by Anne Hathaway, and a fashion designer named Sam, played by Michaela Coel. The narrative begins as a drama but introduces a supernatural twist when Sam draws a chalk circle and attempts an exorcism. The film's tagline denies that it is a ghost story or a love story, while visual cues and quick trailer shots suggest surreal or psychological horror influences like Perfect Blue and The Substance. Religious imagery, including a crown of thorns and a stigmata-like wound, raises questions about possession and an existential, possibly religious crisis.
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