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{{Infobox film
| name = Matriarch
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| director = Ben Steiner
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| story =
| writer = Ben Steiner
| starring = [[Jemima Rooper]]<br>[[Kate Dickie]]
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| distributor = [[Hulu]]
| released = {{film date|2022|10|21}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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'''''Matriarch''''' is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Ben Steiner and starring [[Jemima Rooper]] and [[Kate Dickie]].<ref name=nyt/>
==Synopsis==
At breaking point after a near fatal overdose, a woman returns home to confront her childhood traumas, and her mother.
==Cast==
*[[Jemima Rooper]] as Laura
*[[Kate Dickie]] as Celia
*Sarah Paul as Abi
*Simon Meacock as Leonard
*Nick Haverson as Gerald
*[[Celinde Schoenmaker]] as Katrin
==Release==
The film was released on [[Hulu]] in the United States and on [[Disney+]] in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2022.<ref name=sb/>
==Reception==
The film has an 85% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 13 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matriarch|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matriarch_2022|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref> Meagan Navarro of [[Bloody Disgusting]] awarded the film two and a half "skulls" out of five.<ref>{{cite web|last=Navarro|first=Meagan|title='Matriarch' Review – Hulu's Ambitious Folk Horror Movie Explores Diseased Family Roots|date=October 21, 2022|website=Bloody Disgusting|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3737518/matriarch-review-hulus-ambitious-folk-horror-movie-explores-diseased-family-roots/|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref> Mary Beth McAndrews of [[Dread Central]] awarded the film three and a half stars out of five.<ref>{{cite web|last=McAndrews|first=Mary Beth|title='Matriarch' Is Ambitious Folk Horror [Review]|date=October 25, 2022|website=Dread Central|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/440817/matriarch-is-ambitious-folk-horror-review/|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref>
Ben Kenigsberg of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But none of how ''Matriarch'' resolves is particularly scary or surprising. The finale — filled with dark, barely legible imagery — is a letdown both visually and dramatically."<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last=Kenigsberg|first=Ben|title='Matriarch' Review: Maternal Instincts|date=October 20, 2022|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/movies/matriarch-review.html|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref>
Noel Murray of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Steiner’s film shrewdly shifts back and forth between the real physical threat of dark supernatural forces and the more elusive harm done by a lifetime of bad parenting."<ref>{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Noel|title=Review: What's scarier, supernatural forces or bad parenting?|date=October 21, 2022|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-10-21/review-home-video-10-21|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref>
Martin Unnsworth of ''[[Starburst (magazine)|Starburst]]'' also gave the film a positive review, calling it "a slowly simmering powder keg of a film that mixes relatable human drama with a portion of [[David Cronenberg|Cronenberg]] mixed with a soupçon of ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]''."<ref name=sb>{{cite web|last=Unsworth|first=Martin|title=MATRIARCH|magazine=Starburst|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/matriarch/|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref>
==References==
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* {{IMDb title|17202326}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|matriarch_2022}}
[[Category:American supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Hulu original films]]
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