Review of DIE, MY LOVE: Psychiatry in the Post-Partum Period

November 11, 2025

New Yorkers Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) decided to move into Jackson’s childhood home in rural Montana, which he inherited from his late uncle Frank. At first, their days were filled with rambunctious sex to rock music. Grace soon got pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. Not long after that, she began to feel distant from her husband. These feelings of insecurity soon escalated into disturbing visions and bizarre behavior. 

This was a very uncomfortable film to watch from the very first scenes. At first, we see Grace and Jackson making wild love on the floor.  Next, we see Grace prowling on their lawn like a cat, carrying a big kitchen knife on one hand. Right after that, we see Grace letting her breast milk drip on and mix with ink drops on a a piece of paper. All this within the first ten minutes. This was certainly not going to be your typical post-partum depression melodrama. 

"Die, My Love" was adapted by director Lynne Ramsey (with co-writers Enda Walsh and Alice Birch) from a 2012 novel of the same title by Argentine writer, Ariana Harwicz. Originally written in Spanish, it had been translated into English by Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff. Ramsey is not new to heavy psychological drama. Her best known film was "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011), starring Tilda Swinton as a troubled mother of a mass-murderer.  

Robert Pattinson's Jackson was basically just reacting to his wife's strange mortifying actions in public. There were repeated scenes of Jackson chasing after Grace to bring her back home. Even if their wives or girlfriends never did anything as extreme as those Grace did, men in the audience will see themselves in Jackson. This film opens men's eyes to deep, disturbing thoughts women bothering them inside. But in the end, there are really no easy solutions. 

This film was truly Jennifer Lawrence's unpleasant yet intense acting showcase. As psychotic Grace, Lawrence really gave it her all in what is probably her boldest role to date. She may have been pushed to the edge in Darren Aronofsky's "Mother!" (2017), but here, she has already fallen off that edge. So while we bear witness to Grace's delusions, Lawrence was baring herself body and soul in front of our very eyes, whether we like it or not. 6/10