Overview
- Director Bassam Tariq and Mahershala Ali repurposed years of development and sword training from a canceled Blade reboot to make Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.
- The film plays the Mill Valley Film Festival at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, and is scheduled to open in U.S. theaters on Friday, Oct. 9.
- Critics praise the film’s restrained, patient style that favors character work and moral questions over nonstop action and blockbuster spectacle.
- Mahershala Ali anchors the film as Latif, a devout Quran teacher who secretly once worked as a hitman, while newcomer Adia draws strong notices as his grieving daughter; John Cho and Laith Nakli play the antagonistic forces that test him.
- The story centers on concrete family pressures—including a newborn with a formula allergy and limited breastmilk access—which drive the father’s desperate choices and show how franchise-era preparation can be reused to tell intimate, morally complex stories.