Paramount Studios has spoken out in favor of controversial Jennifer Lawrence film mother!, which became the 12th movie in history to earn a ‘F’ CinemaScore from audiences.
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! grossed only $7.5million in over 2000 theaters, but the studio is still considering the film a creative victory.
‘This movie is very audacious and brave,’ Paramount Worldwide President of Marketing and Distribution Megan Colligan said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
Paramount Studios has spoken out in favor of controversial Jennifer Lawrence film mother!, which became the 12th movie in history to earn a ‘F’ CinemaScore
Darren Aronofsky’s (right) mother! grossed only $7.5million in over 2000 theaters, but the studio is still considering the film a creative victory
‘This movie is very audacious and brave,’ Paramount Worldwide President of Marketing and Distribution Megan Colligan said
‘You are talking about a director at the top of his game, and an actress at the top her game.
‘They made a movie that was intended to be bold. Everyone wants original filmmaking, and everyone celebrates Netflix when they tell a story no one else wants to tell.
‘This is our version. We don’t want all movies to be safe. And it’s okay if some people don’t like it.’
Almost every release from Paramount has bombed this year
Almost every release from Paramount has bombed this year.
Monster Trucks flopped in January, followed by Ghost in the Shell, Baywatch, and the franchise-low totals for Transformers: The Last Knight.
It suggested that one reason mother! might have received the low rating is something that Jennifer pointed out during her Late Night With Seth Meyers interview on Thursday: The movie isn’t exactly a horror even though it’s billed as one.
For one thing, the characters don’t have names as such. The 27-year-old plays Mother opposite Javier Bardem as Him, Ed Harris as Man and Michelle Pfeiffer as Woman.
And what seems like a home invasion horror turns out to be something much deeper.
The film is also reportedly very violent and disturbing, so it’s likely that some people can’t handle the subject matter although teen fanboys might be drawn to it for that reason.
mother! is now playing in theaters nationwide.
Monster Trucks flopped in January, followed by Ghost in the Shell, Baywatch, and the franchise-low totals for Transformers: The Last Knight