TheMother Review: A Solid Action Drama With A Standout Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez is back in her action bag with The Mother from Netflix. Directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Misha Green, Andrea Berloff and Peter Craig, The Mother follows the titular character who becomes an FBI informant. The Mother is a lean, mean actioner, but one that could have benefited from better editing and a tighter script.
The film's screenplay is simple, losing much of the fat that would typically be left for dramatic effect in other films, such as a long-winded backstory filled with lust and betrayal and an earnest romantic interlude amid a rescue mission. The mother-daughter component is relatively sturdy, making up most of the feature. Lopez and Lucy Paez handle themselves well when they get into the nitty-gritty of their characters' dynamic.
Caro finds the quiet moments when it is just Lopez having to piecemeal her character’s complicated emotions, or the chunk of time in the second act where The Mother must unload her baggage. The movie manages to let these moments ring the loudest, though these scenes just exacerbate the issue of how hectic the editing is in the action sequences. There is hardly any monologuing or exasperating debates about The Mother’s sacrifices and her daughter's discontent with her situation.
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