Animalistic Motherhood, Die My Love (2025) | Film Review

Animalistic Motherhood, Die My Love (2025) | Film Review

Die My Love (2025) is a visceral story of motherhood and the change that comes with it. The challenges presented and the battle between your past self and your new self. 

Die My Love sees Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in the title roles, the couple at the centre of the chaos. 

Jennifer Lawrence represents the decline in identity, the loss of self and the utter spiral out of control after giving birth. She represents the vulnerable mother, the misunderstood perception of postpartum depression and a woman learning to embrace her demons whilst longing to be free from them.

Lawrence gives in to her animalistic, primal instincts, both physically and mentally. She gives a raw, gripping, intense performance of motherhood whilst showcasing the extremities of love. 

What lies at the films core is the idea of nature and nurture. Motherly instinct is questioned and the characters surroundings place them in the heart of mother nature. The characters are one with nature whilst trying to navigate their humanity and instinct. Die My Love explores the clash between desire and domestic confinement, following ones heart whilst being confined to the restrictions of marriage, motherhood and judgement. 

This film is a visceral, intense exploration of a woman's psychological turmoil.  Driven by postpartum depression and psychosis, the societal pressures of motherhood and marriage and a profound sense of isolation. Die My Love is an uncomfortable yet unexpected adaptation of motherhood. 

Pattinson’s character was slightly lacklustre and acted simply as a catalyst and enabler of Lawrence’s Grace. He had a small part but a big role in Grace’s mental decline. 

Jennifer Lawrence is the core, the catalyst, the heartbeat inside of this film. She walks around the frame with unpredictability and an intensity that pushes out of the screen. 

This is a film about motherhood, the battle of expectation and the struggle with perfection. The idea of motherhood and the pressures surrounding it, the ignorance around postpartum depression and the exploration of a woman’s desire to cope and adapt. 

Probe Points

★★★★