The Mother

“Vengeance is a mother!”

6.6

2023

1h 55m

ActionThriller

Director: Niki Caro

Watch on Netflix

Overview

A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

Trailer

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Cast

Mother

Jennifer Lopez

Mother

Zoe

Lucy Paez

Zoe

Cruise

Omari Hardwick

Cruise

Adrian

Joseph Fiennes

Adrian

Hector

Gael García Bernal

Hector

Jons

Paul Raci

Jons

Tarantula

Jesse García

Tarantula

Sonya

Yvonne Senat Jones

Sonya

SAIC Eleanor Williams

Edie Falco

SAIC Eleanor Williams

Zoe's Adopted Dad

Michael Karl Richards

Zoe's Adopted Dad

Marcus Stone

Link Baker

Marcus Stone

C-Section Nurse

Mayumi Yoshida

C-Section Nurse

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2023-edition "The Mother is an instantly forgettable Netflix film about a spy mother who must protect her estranged daughter because "bad people from the past". Jennifer Lopez is good, Lucy Paez is GREAT, but none save it from its bland, generic story. Expected more from Niki Caro." Rating: D+

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vylmen

Ironically, these tale about a mother and daughter, fails because the male characters have no depth. The villain is evil sure, but also extremely stupid and escaping from her first attempt to kill him in a very unbelievable and unexplained way. The romantic tension between Cruise and the mother also doesn't work and the age old friendship with Jons is also not given any backstory. I'm enclined to blame the casting here. Well, the story was lacking and oddly edited as well, but it may be because there wasn't much to work with. Either way, it's clear this is supposed to be about a mother/daughter relationship, but also be an action move and the director / writers / actors couldn't make it work. 3/10, 2 points cause I've seen worse, not because I can find something positive in it.

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The Movie Mob

**The Mother is an average straight-to-stream action thriller that does a decent job but won’t last too long in your memory or heart.** The Mother is a generic assassin turned parent protecting/avenging their child from a mob of drug runners/arms dealers. While in the vein of films like Taken or Peppermint, The Mother makes a critical error the other films didn’t - a 2-hour runtime. Its bigger budget made this movie feel slightly more polished, but stretching its meager story 30 minutes longer than many in this subgenre took its toll. The pacing dragged along between the action sequences, sometimes leaving the movie feeling too long and tedious. The production quality of the action set pieces was decent, but the action itself was fairly basic. Jennifer Lopez is fun as the intense and withdrawn mother assassin and undoubtedly is the best part of the movie. The Mother is nowhere near an awful film, and reviews that say otherwise probably set their expectations too high. It's a run-of-the-mill action streamer that gets the job done, blows some stuff up, shoots some bad guys, and despite being forgettable, didn’t feel like a total waste of time.

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