What begins as an interesting look into life post-apocalypse in which a robot called Mother (voiced by Rose Byrne) is left to repopulate the earth, using embryos to create and then raise a human child simply called Daughter (Clara Rugaard) alone in a bunker turns into an all-out fight for the future of humanity when a mysterious Woman (Hilary Swank) shows up, raising the issue of what Mother has lied about and who really ended the world. It’s the confusing way that I Am Mother ends , however, that is sure to leave viewers with tons of questions. But once you start to really think about the meaning of the ending, it turns out that the story makes a lot more sense than you might think at first. Let’s unpack it!