The Mother (2023 film)

The Mother
The Mother
	Release poster
Directed by	Niki Caro
Screenplay by	Misha Green; Andrea Berloff; Peter Craig;
Story by	Misha Green
Produced by	Jennifer Lopez; Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas; Benny Medina; Roy Lee; Miri Yoon; Marc Evans; Misha Green;
Starring	Jennifer Lopez; Joseph Fiennes; Lucy Paez; Omari Hardwick; Paul Raci; Gael García Bernal;
Cinematography	Ben Seresin
Edited by	David Coulson
Music by	Germaine Franco
Production; companies	Nuyorican Productions; Vertigo Entertainment;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	May 12, 2023;
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Spanish;

The Mother is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by Niki Caro with a screenplay by Misha Green, Andrea Berloff and Peter Craig, from a story by Green. The film stars Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci, and Gael García Bernal. It is about a former US army operative (Lopez) who partners with an FBI agent to find her teenage daughter after robbers kidnap her.

The Mother was released by Netflix on May 12, 2023. By June 2023, The Mother was the sixth most watched Netflix movie of all time, with 234.07 million hours viewed, but has since fallen out of the top ten.