Overview
- The A24 release opens in select U.S. theaters with a nationwide rollout to follow, and a companion album billed as Mother Mary: Greatest Hits arrives alongside the launch.
- Review roundups report a polarized response, with some critics lauding the performances and craft while others argue the film keeps viewers at a distance.
- The Hollywood Reporter called it “distancing and empty,” and Variety labeled it “pretentious,” while Rolling Stone and IndieWire praised its ambition and big swings.
- Anne Hathaway performs original songs written and produced by Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX, with FKA twigs contributing to the music and appearing in the supporting cast alongside Hunter Schafer.
- Critics highlight striking visuals and couture-driven staging, and some fault the film’s treatment of its central queer relationship as overly coy for a story sold as psychosexual.