The Big Picture · Review
September 22, 2017/ 32 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Cameron Collins
Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, and Cam Collins pull apart Darren Aronofsky's Mother!: the F CinemaScore, the biblical and ecological allegory piled into it, and what it does to Jennifer Lawrence.
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Dissecting 'Mother!'spoilers throughout
Opened in 2,200 theaters to $7.5 million and an F CinemaScore. The panel reads it as Mother Earth (Lawrence) and a creator-God artist (Bardem), with Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer as Adam and Eve and their sons as Cain and Abel. Made for $30 million; Aronofsky said he wrote it in five days.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Aronofsky's filmography Black SwanRequiem for a DreamThe WrestlerNoah
Jennifer Lawrence's other roles Winter's BoneThe Hunger GamesJoyPassengers
In passing Rosemary's BabyThe BoxA Serious ManGirls TripVictoria & Abdul
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