‘The Mother’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Leads A Soulless Faux-Feminist Netflix Thriller

estrellas we love have been busy with multiple projects. Over the coure of the week, they’ve been photographed on set, attending various panels, working out, and enjoying their lives. Scroll down to have a look at what they’ve been up to.

Pet of the week: This pair of pups go viral for their FaceTime callsNew Music Friday: The hottest releases from Bad Bunny, Nicki Nicole, Ana Tijoux, and moreWhat to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - May 19Nick Jonas goes full theater kid, dueting a fan. JLo shows off her makeup routine.

Madison LeCroy is looking back at her situationship with Alex Rodriguez.

The Mother,” has only been out for a week and has scored Netflix’s biggest opening weekend for a film of 2023 with 83.71 million hours viewed since its premiere. But the story of a Mother, played by Lopez, determined to protect the child she gave up for adoption at any cost, was a tough sell for Netflix. When director Niki Caro was presented with the script, she asked the film’s producer, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, if the streaming giant would be open to it.

Madison LeCroy is telling all about what happened with Alex Rodriguez!

star Madison LeCroy and her ex-boyfriend, Austen Kroll, offered up more details regarding the rumors about LeCroy and Alex Rodriguez's alleged back-and-forth during the early months of 2021. During a  reunion in February 2021, Craig Conover claimed that LeCroy «flew to Miami to f**k an ex-MLB player.» LeCroy instantly denied the allegations, saying, «Give me a name! Put me on a lie detector test. I never flew to Miami.

Jennifer Lopez is definitely getting into character for her upcoming film with Ben Affleck. The Hollywood star was spotted on the set of ‘Unstoppable,’ looking a little different than usual, as she had a huge arm tattoo, featuring black and red ink.And while more details about the new project have yet to be revealed, including JLo’s character, it seems there will be some dramatic moments.

that's been blowing up on TikTok, Jennifer Lopez just dropped the perfect summer skincare routine for you.It turns out, the mogul combines her skincare, contour, and highlighter into two quick steps instead of layering her makeup on top of her serums, moisturizers, and sunscreen like the rest of us. Honestly, this one is perfect for all those fresh-face girlies who can't seem to stop snatching up the at Sephora.On May 18, shared her “blend and glow” routine , featuring her “contour and highlight hack." Starting with a makeup-free face, Lopez applies serum to her entire face before dotting her cheeks, forehead, and the area above her jawline with hydrating cream.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are a united front when it comes to their kids. The pair was photographed as they dropped off their kids at their school in Brentwood, Los Angeles, and catched up as Garner climbed inside her car. Jennifer Lopez praises Ben Affleck’s role as a fatherJennifer Garner channels 60s style in red and yellow hairstyles: See picsJennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated Mother’s Day surrounded by their childrenAffleck wore a grey jacket, a blue plaid shirt, and some jeans that he paired with some white Nike sneakers.

Mama bear. Jennifer Lopez opened up about wanting to “protect’ her 15-year-old twins — who have struggled with the realities of having famous parents.  

Jennifer Lopez is being candid about the life her two children are experiencing. actress shared during a recent interview that her and ex-husband Marc Anthony's 15-year-old twins are seeing the effects of their parents' celebrity.«I think being the child of famous parents is not something many people can understand and I feel for [my kids] for that because they didn't choose that,» the 53-year-old said during a roundtable talk with . The «All My Love» songstress said that her children have recently begun sharing how they are perceived by others.«They have just started letting me know how people treat them — so when they walk into the room, that's what people are thinking about,» she said. «They're not seeing them for who they are.

The Mother is a hit!

Jennifer Lopez has another hit on her hands with “The Mother”.

marrying the woman he loves and starring in a Dunkin campaign, he still looks like the brooding star of an Abilify commercial.Last week, he walked the red carpet with wife Jennifer Lopez for her movie “The Mother,” and the pair engaged in what appeared to be a tense back-and-forth (a lip reader assured us that they were not in the throes of a domestic). A day later, paparazzi video emerged of a seemingly agitated Affleck slamming the door of their car after Lopez climbed in.Another day, another Affleck scowl.

Jennifer Lopez just wants to protect her kids.

A family affair! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck kicked off Mother’s Day weekend by watching her new movie, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez appeared on television screens across the U.S. this Mother’s Day weekend.

Jennifer Lopez had a special moment with two important ladies in her life.Over the weekend, the 53-year-old entertainer shared a sweet video of her mother, Guadalupe Rodríguez, and her husband, Ben Affleck's mother, Christopher Anne Boldt, hanging out together.«Watching #TheMother with my beautiful mothers!!! @Delola watch party

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated Mother’s Day surrounded by their children. JLo also invited her mother, Guadalupe, while Ben brought his mother and his 14-year-old daughter, Seraphina.JLo’s 15-year-old twins, Emme and Max, also enjoyed the gathering.Ben’s other kids he shares with ex Jennifer Garner, Violet, 17, and son, Samuel, 11, were not part of the celebration, as it is believed they spent the day with their mother.For the outing, the singer, actress, and businesswoman rocked an elevated white and blue springy maxi dress paired with a white handbag and oversized sunglasses.

three children, celebrated Mother's Day with the ultimate : a floral dress and wedges. On Sunday, May 14, the The Mother star was spotted in Los Angeles. Lopez's blue-and-white floral maxi included a tiered skirt and off-the-shoulder neckline with billowy sleeves that cinch at the elbows.

Joseph Fiennes is giving his take on the Harry Potter television series adaptation that has been set up at Max.

Despite the speculation that there’s trouble in paradise for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, a new report swears that they are still going strong!

Jennifer Lopez‘s new movie The Mother is unlike anything she’s ever done before.

Is there trouble in paradise for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez?!

Jennifer Lopez seems to be an unlikely action star. The actress is mostly known for her rom-com turns in movies like Maid in Manhattan, The Wedding Planner and more recently Marry Me. However, over the last few years, the 53-year-old has been joining more physically demanding movies, and her latest Netflix movie, The Mother, is no exception.

About twenty minutes into the new Netflix thriller “The Mother,” star Jennifer Lopez locks eyes with a snarling, angry wolf in the snowy Alaskan wilderness. Just as Lopez raises her rifle, a bunch of cute wolf babies emerge from their snowy home.

Jennifer Lopez expressed feeling guilty when she cannot protect her children. During a conversation with Audacy, Lopez opened up on the things she wishes she could protect her children from.“Everything. There’s so many things.

In March, Ben Affleck revealed his and pal Matt Damon’s Artist Equity would be producing Unstoppable, starring none other than Affleck’s wife, Jennifer Lopez. This raises the question: Does the couple that act together, stay together? History doesn’t stand on their side, but with copious side projects in addition to Unstoppable, both Affleck and Lopez are busy enough with their own independent work to avoid on-set tensions: Affleck’s AIR is dropping on Prime Video and Lopez is celebrating the release of The Mother on Netflix on May 12, 2023.

The Mother is a mutha of an intimately scaled action film, a violent female-centric drama about a hardened combat veteran who has great difficulty adapting to being anything other than a tough soldier, and that includes being a mother. Joining Kathryn Bigelow, Patty Jenkins, Gina Prince-Blythewood, Mimi Leder and the Wachowski siblings among women responsible for notable action features, Aussie director Niki Caro (Whale Rider, Mulan) has delivered a film that could easily have veered into sentiment at any moment but instead remains tough as nails and doesn’t go soft at the end. The film would surely have an even greater impact on the big screen but, as it is, launched Friday on Netflix.

Lucy Paez is recounting her audition for the role of Jennifer Lopez’s daughter in “The Mother”.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Trace Lysette is in a hotel room on 8th Street in New York City when she jumps on a Zoom video call with Variety to talk about her new movie, “Monica.” In just a couple of hours, she’s set to walk the red carpet at the indie drama’s premiere at the IFC Center. “I used to turn tricks a few blocks from there,” Lysette says. Like so many trans women, Lysette once turned to sex work as a means of survival. “I was a young person alone in New York doing God knows what to survive,” says Lysette, who was raised in Ohio. “Last night we had a screening at The [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community] Center here. That was so heavy for me because I got my gender identity therapy there 20 years ago.”

Jennifer Lopez is an assassin with a plan in her new movie The Mother, which is a true testament to her creative range.

Proud mama! Jennifer Lopez is a triple threat performer but being a mother is her favorite role to date.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's marriage appears to be in hot water yet again, as Hollywood star Ben looked miserable in a newly surfaced clip as he escorted his wife to her car.

Jennifer Lopez plays a deadly assassin in Netflix film The Mother.Directed by Niki Caro (Mulan), the action thriller follows an assassin who comes out of hiding to protect her estranged daughter.A synopsis reads: “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.”Lopez also serves as a producer alongside Benny Medina, Roy Lee and Marc Evans. The film’s script is by Misha Green (Lovecraft Country) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton).Lucy Paez plays 12-year-old Zoe, the daughter of the titular Mother.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In a movie career that stretches back 25 years, Jennifer Lopez has on occasion done flaked-out underworld thriller romance (“Out of Sight”), capery action (“Parker”) and revenge (“Enough”). Yet she has never placed herself at the center of such a down-and-dirty, grimly overwrought, execute-now-and-ask-questions-later B-movie as “The Mother.” I’m tempted to call the film “minimalist,” because if you consider its bare-bones screenplay (by three writers!), its convoluted utilitarian set-up, its 2D villains, and its essential formulaic momentum, it’s a prime example of action filmmaking made basic. Yet “The Mother” is a Netflix action movie, which means that it has a certain flavor of ambition mixed into its pulp stew. The movie, which should have been 90 minutes long (it’s 116), is lumpy and inflated, it’s sketchy yet a touch grandiose, and it’s full of tersely dramatized scenes that somehow feel overly broad. Lopez, as a military sniper turned broker of underground arms deals turned FBI informant turned savagely cool-headed protector of her 12-year-old daughter, is playing a badass not so far removed from those played by Jason Statham or (in his grade-B prime) Bruce Willis, and she’s up to the task. She shoots, she stabs, she chops windpipes, she motorcycles down stone stairways in one of those chase-through-an-ancient-city action scenes (this one takes place in Havana), she tortures a man by punching him with a fist wrapped in barb wire, she grimaces in muscle-torn agony but mostly looks frozen and implacable. Even more important, she puts her own spin on those familiar motions.