Mother Mary Review: Anne Hathaway's Pop Star Drama Is All Style No Substance

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In the opening of Mother Mary, written and directed by David Lowery (The Green Knight), Michaela Coel's Sam Anselm gives a haunting monologue about love and hate, speaking in abstract terms that the audience is meant to associate with Anne Hathaway's pop star character, the titular Mother Mary. Though the words Coel speaks are beautiful, especially with the emotion she imbues them with, their abstraction makes them ring hollow, which is the ultimate downfall of Mother Mary itself.

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