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Paramount Pictures | 2017 | 121 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2017

mother! 4K (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

6.7
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users3.5 of 53.5
Reviewer3.0 of 53.0
Overall3.3 of 53.3

Overview

mother! 4K (2017)

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris
Director: Darren Aronofsky

Horror100%
Psychological thriller74%
Mystery60%
Drama58%
Surreal49%
Imaginary16%

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby Atmos
    English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
    English: Dolby Digital 5.1
    English DD=narrative descriptive

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    UV digital copy
    4K Ultra HD

  • Packaging

    Slipcover in original pressing

  • Playback

    Region free 

Review

Rating summary

Movie2.5 of 52.5
Video4.5 of 54.5
Audio4.5 of 54.5
Extras3.5 of 53.5
Overall3.0 of 53.0

mother! 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

The Nightmare Continues, in HDR

Reviewed by Michael Reuben December 21, 2017

Paramount's latest UHD release is the controversial mother! from writer/director Darren Aronofsky. A 4K/HDR treatment won't make the film any less divisive, but it's an interesting visual experience, especially given mother!'s origination on 16mm film and its gloomy cinematography. The 4K disc presents some notable visual improvements over the standard Blu-ray, but for reasons discussed in the Blu-ray review, I have to wonder whether most viewers will care either way.


For my thoughts on this polarizing film, please the standard Blu-ray review.


mother! 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.5 of 5

mother! was shot by Aronofsky's frequent collaborator Matthew Libatique on 16mm film, which has become the director's preferred medium not only for its texture but also for the freedom allowed by the smaller camera rigs and less frequent reloads. Effects work was done in 35mm, and post-production was completed on a 2K digital intermediate. The 2160p master derived from that DI and presented on this HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD reflects the director's stylized vision, in which most of the color has been leached from the image and a haze has been cast over much of the proceedings, usually greenish but sometimes yellow or brown. HDR grading has not brightened or intensified the colors—blood is still barely red—but it has refined the textures of the image, tightening detail in closeups and using more refined blacks and contrast to create a greater sense of depth in the shadowy recesses of the house where so many strange events play out. Despite the additional resolution and sharpness, the image retains the softness reflecting its origination on 16mm film, and "that little patina that stands between reality and cinema" of which Libatique speaks in the extras remains intact and, if anything, more expressive. mother!'s treatment on UHD is a tribute to restraint in the melding of new and old technologies, both respecting and subtly enhancing the director's distinctive vision.


mother! 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.5 of 5

The UHD arrives with the same Dolby Atmos soundtrack that has been previously reviewed.


mother! 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  3.5 of 5

The UHD disc has no extras. The included standard Blu-ray offers the extras described here.


mother! 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.0 of 5

If anything, the discomfort that mother! inspires in its viewers is even more pronounced on UHD, and I can't recommend mother! in this format any more than I could the standard Blu-ray. But I'm still not prepared to dismiss it out of hand. Though stylistically very different, it reminds me in many respects of what David Lynch achieved with his recent Twin Peaks sequel: maddening, disturbing, oddly compelling, stubbornly resistant to being rationally explained away. Not many filmmakers can achieve that effect, and if nothing else, Aronofsky deserves credit for trying and (mostly) succeeding at something so wildly "out there". Just don't boot up the disc expecting to have fun. In reviewing the Blu-ray, I quoted an observation from Clive Barker: "When I go to the movies, I want to feel something. And I don't mind if it's disgust." In reviewing the UHD, I was reminded of another line from a close friend: "More of the same, only more so."


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