‘The Mother’ Review: Are You My Sniper?

NYT MOVIES: ‘The Mother’ Review: Are You My Sniper?
By Lisa Kennedy
Section: Movies
Source: New York Times
Published Date: May 11, 2023 at 03:00AM

At the heart of this action-thriller, an expert killer, played by Jennifer Lopez, must rescue her daughter at all costs.

A movie called “The Mother” is sure to have a lot of symbolism and this action-thriller, starring Jennifer Lopez as a trained killer who must protect the daughter she gave up, has plenty. In the opening scenes, Lopez’s character, known only as the Mother, is interrogated by F.B.I. agents who are trying to get information on two arms dealers she has worked, and slept, with. Agent Cruise (Omari Hardwick) is respectful. The other agent (Link Baker), not so much — and tells her so with a hectoring monologue. (One of the film’s guilty pleasures becomes anticipating when a mansplainer will get hushed.)

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Jennifer Lopez behind the training of The Mother , Jennifer Lopez dives into the training process that she needed to do for her to become "The Mother".