Review: ‘Die My Love’ is a Primal Scream of Maternal Rage
Jennifer Lawrence stars as a new mother struggling to maintain her sanity, her behavior wild and unpredictable. Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay’s long-awaited fifth feature, Die My Love, provocatively asks: Can a wild woman be domesticated? The film hints at an answer early on, but the audience only gradually understands it.
The story follows a young couple, Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson), as they move into a new home and begin their life together. What unfolds is so intense and unpredictable that it feels both shocking and inevitable.
Creative Collaboration Behind the Film
Die My Love is the collaboration of three daring women: Jennifer Lawrence, who stars and produces; writer Ariana Harwicz, whose 2012 novel Matate, amor explores a young mother unraveling in rural France; and Lynne Ramsay, known for her visionary and deeply evocative cinematic style. Ramsay co-adapted the novel with Enda Walsh and Alice Birch and directed the film, casting Lawrence in the lead role.
A Ragged, Primal Scream
“Die My Love is not a cry for help, but a bellow of maternal rage.”
The film portrays a fierce expression of motherhood’s darker emotions rather than a plea for sympathy.
Setting and Symbolism
In their new home, the house once owned by Jackson’s late Uncle Frank, the couple imagines infinite possibilities. Jackson encourages Grace to write “the great American novel” while he plans to record an album. This decrepit, abandoned house becomes a canvas for their young family’s life, including baby Harry.
Author’s summary: Die My Love vividly captures the raw turmoil of maternal rage through a haunting collaboration between Jennifer Lawrence, Lynne Ramsay, and Ariana Harwicz, blending despair with fierce creativity.