Plot Synopsis for Mother!

Seriously, WTF?!


Him (Javier Bardem) places a large crystallized object in a pedestal. The structure he is in changes from a burnt-out husk to a newly renovated house. Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) forms in a bed, wondering aloud where Him, her husband, is. An acclaimed author struggling with severe writer's block, Him's creative issues begin to take a toll on the tranquil existence that Mother has created for the home. She starts seeing things around the house that unsettle her, including visualizing a beating heart within the walls of the house.
One day, Man (Ed Harris) turns up at the house, asking for a room. Him readily agrees, and Mother reluctantly follows suit. During his stay, Man experiences prolonged coughing fits. Mother witnesses Him assist Man as he crouches over the toilet and catches a glimpse of a fresh wound by his rib area before her husband covers it with his hand. The next day, Man's wife, Woman (Michelle Pfeiffer), also arrives to stay. Mother begins to become more and more frustrated with her guests, while Him begs her to let them stay, reasoning that it makes the house feel alive to him. He also tells Mother that the guests are fans of his work and that the male guest is dying, and wanted to meet Him before dying. However, when Man and Woman accidentally break and shatter the crystallized object, Him and Mother come to a decision to kick them out.
While preparing to leave, the couple's two sons (Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson) arrive and start to fight over the will their father has left. The Oldest Son, who will be left with nothing, mortally injures his Younger Brother, and seemingly flees, while Him, Man, and Woman take the injured son to get help. As Mother grows more and more paranoid after she is left alone in the house, the Oldest Son comes back but leaves abruptly, taking Man's wallet. Upon returning, Him informs Mother that the son has died and has been buried. Dozens of people begin arriving at the house for a wake for the dead son. More and more people arrive, and behave in a way that bothers Mother; she becomes angrier and eventually snaps when the plumbing breaks and begins to flood the house. She kicks everyone out. Angry with Him for allowing so many people into the house for his own pleasure and ignoring her, she berates him before the two have sex.
The next morning, Mother announces that she is pregnant. The news leaves Him elated and inspires him to finish his work. A few months later, Mother prepares for the arrival of their child and reads Him's newest piece, which is so beautiful it drives her to tears. Upon publication, it immediately sells out every copy. In celebration, Mother prepares dinner for him when a group of fans arrives at the house. As she barricades herself in her home, more fans arrive and begin to enter the house to use the bathroom. More arrive and their behavior devolves into stealing their belongings as keepsakes, and disrupting the environment. An increasingly disoriented Mother makes her way around the house as each room devolves into chaos. Him's publisher, the Herald (Kristen Wiig), takes part in the madness, executing some of his fans with point-blank gunshots to the head. Military men with guns arrive to help Mother, but a cult of devoted fans forms around Him; they start to engage in rituals.
Mother goes into labor and finds her husband, who takes her to his study, where she gives birth. The havoc outside subsides as he tells Mother that the massive crowd wants to see the baby. Refusing, she holds on tight to her son. When she falls asleep, however, he takes the baby outside to the crowd, who grab him and break his neck. Devastated, Mother makes her way to the front of the crowd where she sees the hacked corpse of her child and witnesses the crowd eating his flesh. Furious at them, she calls them murderers and begins stabbing them with a shard of broken glass. They turn on her, beginning to strip and beat her until Him intervenes and stops it. Mother escapes the grasps of the crowd and makes her way to the cellar where the furnace oil tank is. Despite her husband's pleas, Mother sets the oil on fire, destroying the crowd, the house, and some of the surrounding garden and trees.
Both Mother and Him survive, but Mother is horrifically burned while Him is unscathed. He asks her for the love she has left for him, and she agrees to give it to him. He then tears open her chest, removing her heart in the process. As he crushes the heart, a large crystallized object is revealed. He places the object in a pedestal. Once again, the house changes from a burnt-out husk to a newly renovated house. A new Mother forms in a bed and wakes up, wondering aloud where Him is.