Die My Love
An isolated young mother’s descent into postpartum psychosis turns rural domestic life into a jagged, darkly comic psychological nightmare.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- raw
- unsettling
- darkly comic
- arthouse film night
- intense solo viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Jennifer Lawrence’s intense performance and Lynne Ramsay’s gripping, stylistically bold direction, while some found the film’s treatment of motherhood and postpartum suffering overdetermined or exploitative.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Grace’s escalating instability and Jackson’s worry transform the couple’s isolated home into a tense emotional battleground.
The critical reception repeatedly identifies a musical, black-comic spirit amid Grace’s suffering and relational chaos.
Grace’s increasingly agitated and erratic conduct is the film’s central experiential lens.
Grace and Jackson live in an old, remote house in rural Montana, with Jackson frequently away at work.
Films like Die My Love, and why
Repulsion
shared domestic psychological horror, female psychological unraveling, and intense performance-driven direction
The Babadook
shared postpartum mental health themes, claustrophobic domestic conflict, and raw psychological intensity
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
shared rural isolation, volatile relationships, black-comic bleakness, and destabilized subjectivity
Black Swan
shared female-centered psychological breakdown, surreal imagery, and bodily unease
Movie Details
- Director
- Lynne Ramsay
- Release Date
- 2025-10-06
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (654)
Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Robert Pattinson
- Sissy Spacek
- LaKeith Stanfield
- Nick Nolte
- Gabrielle Rose
- Clare Coulter
- Sarah Lind
- Luke Camilleri
- Victor Zinck Jr.
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Die My Love about?
- An isolated young mother’s descent into postpartum psychosis turns rural domestic life into a jagged, darkly comic psychological nightmare.
- What is Die My Love like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Die My Love as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Die My Love violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Die My Love as mild.
- What did critics think of Die My Love?
- Critics broadly praised Jennifer Lawrence’s intense performance and Lynne Ramsay’s gripping, stylistically bold direction, while some found the film’s treatment of motherhood and postpartum suffering overdetermined or exploitative.
- Which films are like Die My Love?
- Films with a similar feel include Repulsion, The Babadook, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Black Swan.
- How long is Die My Love?
- Die My Love runs 119 minutes.
- Where can I watch Die My Love?
- In United States, Die My Love streams on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel.
