Mother Mary Review

Mother MaryMother Mary ReviewA ghost story for the post-Eras Tour era.

By Clint GageUpdated: Apr 14, 2026 3:43pm UTC4 commentsMother Mary will receive a limited theatrical release on April 17 before going wide on April 24.If I were to say that Mother Mary is all vibes, I want to be clear that I don’t mean that as a bad thing.

I’m sitting here mainlining Charli XCX while I write this review and I’m not mad about it.

I’ve got a list of other films I want to revisit having seen Mother Mary, where atmospheric classics like The Uninvited and formalist masterpieces like The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover sit in the queue right next to modern giallo like In Fabric, so there’s my weekend plans sorted.

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All of that is to say, Mother Mary has cool vibes to spare.The story is plenty straightforward.

Anne Hathaway plays a pop star who goes by Mother Mary and Michaela Coel is Sam Anselm, the fashion designer who styled the musician in the ascendant days of her career.

There was a falling out along the way and now in a time of desperation, Mother Mary returns to Sam out of the blue.

These basics are revealed as the pair are holed up in a single location – Sam’s English countryside workshop – for most of the film’s runtime, where the drama can unfold and, gradually, become a ghost story.

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See? Simple.But this is writer-director David Lowery, who’s given us everything from the quietly meditative but existentially terrifying A Ghost Story to the sprawling Arthurian tone poem The Green Knight, and a variety of folkloric yarns of all shapes and sizes in between.

He has a wonderful knack for the supernatural and for blending the fantastic with reality while telling relatable stories in maximalist ways that still feel intimate, downright small even.

And this is the area of his films that start to feel anything but simple.

All of Lowery’s usual trappings are on display in Mother Mary ## Editor's Note This is an interesting development that could shape the future of gaming. Source: [IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/mother-mary-review)