20 Alternative 2017 Movie Awards

9. Weirdest Movie - Mother!

2017 Movie Awards 2
Paramount Pictures

People had many questions after seeing Darren Aronofsky's mother!, but the most frequently-asked one was also the simplest; what the f**k was that?

The movie is definitely the product of a director's singular vision, but just what that vision is supposed to be exactly is up for debate. It might be a metaphor for... something... but nobody can really agree what. Is the violence excessive or ironic? The story experimental or pretentious? And that ending, where do you even start?

No matter your opinion on the content of mother!, one thing we can all agree on is that there was no stranger project to come out of the studio system in 2017 than Aronofsky's batsh*t insane psychological mind-f**k.

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