I Am Mother

I Am Mother is a 2019 Australian science fiction thriller film directed by Grant Sputore, from a screenplay by Michael Lloyd Green, based on a story by both.

Starring Clara Rugaard, Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne, and Hilary Swank, the film follows Daughter, a girl in a post-apocalyptic bunker, being raised by Mother, a robot who is aiding the repopulation of Earth.

Mother teaches Daughter complex moral and ethical lessons, warning her about an upcoming exam.

Daughter sets off a fire alarm as a distraction, which gives the Woman an opportunity to take her hostage and force Mother to open the airlock.

The woman leads Daughter across a robot-populated wasteland, telling her that she fled the mine years ago and there are no other survivors.

[9] South Australian interactive media company Monkeystack produced all of the on-set practical screen content.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Suspenseful, well-acted, and intelligent, I Am Mother is an ambitious sci-fi story that largely achieves its impressive aims.

"[18] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

[19] Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post liked I Am Mother, concluding that while the film "does show its cards a touch too early, it never ceases to be intriguing and tense", and predicting that Sputore and Rugaard would become stars.

[20] Amy Nichols of Variety described the film as "a handsome, if derivative sci-fi thriller that salutes its own parentage" and "James Cameron crossbred with Ridley Scott.