Synopsis
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
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Cast
- Clara RugaardDaughter
- Rose ByrneMother (voice)
- Hilary SwankWoman
- Luke HawkerMother
- Tahlia SturzakerChild
- Maddie LentonInfant
- Hazel SanderyToddler
- Summer LentonToddler
- Jacob NolanBrother
- Tracy BrittonTeacher (uncredited)
Recommendations
- 79
IGN
Netflix's I Am Mother is an engaging sci-fi thriller-meets-coming of age drama, with three strong lead performances. - 70
Film Threat
As twists start to pile on, I Am Mother shifts from eerie to tedious, but there’s too much on display to outright dismiss. - 70
Screen Daily
I Am Mother mostly satisfies as another example of smart and slick indie sci-fi. - 70
The Verge
I Am Mother doesn’t plumb the potential weirdness of [its] premise, and it’s working in a well-worn genre without breaking much new ground. But it effectively dramatizes our perennial love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence. - 67
The Film Stage
Were it not for Mother’s telegenic exo-skeleton, which whirrs with every little maneuver, the film would be little more than a talky, over-stuffed mess of tropes better exercised elsewhere. - 67
The A.V. Club
So many truly disturbing revelations pile up in the final half hour or so that processing the relevant information leaves little time for raw emotion. Swank’s nameless character, in particular, remains a pencil sketch. Still, there’s no question that Sputore can direct a movie. - 60
Variety
Mostly I Am Mother is exactly what it seems: a good-looking allegory that postures like it’s wrestling with more ideas than it actually is. - 60
The Guardian
The way it subverts (to say the least) traditional concepts around a parent/child relationship gives it uniqueness and value.
