Review: Jennifer Lawrence gives everything to the wild, brutal 'Die My Love' but gets left dangling
Director Lynne Ramsay’s latest film, “Die My Love,” is a raw exploration of postpartum turmoil and fractured intimacy. The movie pairs Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson as Grace and Jackson, new parents whose relationship spirals into aggression and despair.
The opening scene evokes horror cinema: the camera lingers in the dim kitchen of an isolated ranch house while the couple hesitates outside, debating entry. The tension foreshadows the emotional violence ahead.
“It’s not New York but it’s ours,” Jackson says of the rural home inherited from his uncle, whose violent death upstairs disturbs Grace more than it should amuse her.
Jackson’s parents, Pam and Harry (played by Sissy Spacek and Nick Nolte), live nearby, but the couple avoids discussing their past city lives. He dreams of drumming again; she once claimed to write, though both seem stalled by lost ambition, money, or exhaustion. As they settle into the house and welcome their baby, order collapses into confusion, leaving their love unraveling in Ramsay’s fierce vision.
Author’s Summary
A searing study of isolation and lost identity, “Die My Love” turns domestic life into a haunting portrait of chaos and emotional ruin.