Mother Mary
4/27/202620 min
The surreal movie Mother Mary stars Anne Hathaway as a Gaga-esque pop star facing an existential crisis. She turns to her former costume designer and estranged friend, played by Michaela Coel, to find herself again. The reunion resurfaces old wounds, and then things get spooky and weird. The film features a few grandiose concert numbers with songs penned by Charli xcx, Jack Antonoff, and FKA twigs.
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Aisha Harris· Host0:22
[upbeat music] The surreal melodrama Mother Mary stars Anne Hathaway as a Gaga-esque pop star facing an existential crisis. And so she turns to her former costume designer and estranged friend, played by Michaela Coel, to find herself again. The movie's tagline warns us that this is not a love story, and it's not a ghost story, but there is some complicated love, and there might be a ghost. So what is it exactly? I'm not sure about that, but at least there's one thing that's for sure. This is a visual marvel to behold. I'm Aisha Harris, and today we're talking about Mother Mary on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
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