Die My Love · reception & legacy
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
How Die My Love has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
It arrived at Cannes 2025 as the festival's hottest ticket — a six-minute ovation and MUBI's splashy $24M deal — then left without a prize, and by its November release the buzz had settled into a genuine split: awe at Jennifer Lawrence, shrugs at the film around her.
What's debated
The recurring fight is whether it's a fearless plunge into postpartum breakdown or a one-note provocation — 'great performances, but is this minor Ramsay?' is the line every review thread ends up arguing.
Its footprint
It became shorthand for MUBI's arrival as an awards-season player, and Lawrence's Cannes press-conference comments about motherhood and postpartum experience travelled far beyond the film itself.
Where it stands
Too new to be settled, it already occupies the contested slot in Ramsay's tiny, revered filmography — the one every Ramsay ranking now has to argue over.
Named by the director
Influences Lynne Ramsay has publicly named — the director's own word, distinct from the inferred lines of influence.
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974) — Ramsay called it 'a real classic' that blew her away when she first saw it — she still owns the original poster.
- Scenes from a Marriage (1974) — Ramsay named Bergman's marital-breakdown drama among the films she loves when discussing Die My Love.
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Cited by Ramsay alongside Bergman as a portrait of a marriage she loves.