Jennifer Lawrence Proudly Owns 'Mother!'s Polarized Reception -- The Contenders

“It’s certainly not a darling. It never crossed our mind that everyone was going to love it,” Jennifer Lawrence said at The Contenders today of mother!, Darren Aronofsky’s polarizing Paramount picture in which she stars opposite Javier Bardem. “It’s an assault, but I think it’s necessary. I’m proud of us, and I’m proud of Darren for writing and conceiving it.” Lawrence stars in the film as a woman known only as “Mother,” who finds herself at the hands of a mysterious and�...