Raising kids is never easy. Eliza, a stay-at-home mom of two, hilariously finds this out in seemingly endless day where she must plan a birthday party, deal with her scatter-brained husband, save her car from being towed, and write an essay for a parenting magazine before the fast-approaching deadline. Starring Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver.
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April 27, 2008
#1
This movie is funny, insightful and moving — a pretty rare combination these days. Uma Thurman has never been better, Minnie Driver is delightful and Anthony Edwards is rock solid; the child actors are also excellent and cameos by Samantha B and Jodie Foster are icing on an already tasty cake. Dialogue is snappy, New York locations evocative. I loved the film!!
April 27, 2008
#2
Motherhood is a good movie, but it doesn’t offer the kind of outrageous laughs needed to make it truly funny.
While I think stay-at-home moms (and some dads) will be able to relate, it is simply too close to home to be laugh-out-loud funny. Films like this need to take the ordinary chuckles and stresses of life and make them outrageous – so much so that audiences will laugh constantly.
Motherhood doesn’t do that.
If you need to vent about parenthood and your friends aren’t available, rent this movie and it will likely make you feel better. If you are looking for laughs, look elsewhere.
April 27, 2008
#3
This is probably a really good movie that lots of people will truly enjoy. I can say that this little story about a day in the life of this family, and especially the mother, does have a certain charm to it. And the acting is very well done.
But here is the thing that really turned me off: This day is very hectic. My, my. All the things the mother has to do in this day. What a busy, almost intolerable day. My. my. Of course, most of us have to do all that stuff, and still go to work. We get up at 4:30 every morning, do EVERYTHING this mother has to do, put in 8 serious hours, commute, trust our children to daycare, come home, clean, cook, shop, be cheerful….
Some people think that is a choice. But for most of us, it isn’t. It is just the reality of needing a paycheck. So, this movie just didn’t click with me. I felt like I was watching Marie Antoinette say, “Let them eat cake.”
I don’t think I’ve ever been so sarcastic in a review, but this movie was just very, very, very shallow.
April 27, 2008
#4
Greenwhich Village, NY (specifically the west village) provides the backdrop for this totally fun romantic comedy about a mom who has to plan out one crazy, yet typical mom-day that in this instance includes tonight’s 6 year b-day party, but also includes protecting her car, saving her bike, getting the right goodie-bags, befriending her friend (Minnie Driver)and of course writing her blog about being a mom. Whew….
Uma Thurman, in a role so entirely different than anything she’s done before, plays ‘mom’ and is fantastic! Her relationship with her husband (Anthony Edwards) seem quite real-life in that he wants to be of help but hey… he is a man, right? There IS a bit of magic between them indeed and while it might not be on the scale of “Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan” (yet), it peeks through nonetheless and proves itself by the end of the film in a scene sure to win you over entirely. I could envision the two together in more films going forward…
Minnie Driver plays the perfect supporting role as ‘insightful best friend’ and while the movie runs along a somewhat predictable course at times, it also provides some very nice surprises and follows that formula that always wins while laying in some interesting insights into what it’s like to be a mom. I can see the mommy-blogs launching new discussions for sure and a plethora of subjects. OK OK… I realize that I am not a mom, but I am married to one…
If you enjoy films like Moonstruck, Sleepless in Seattle, Mask, You’ve Got Mail and so on, Motherhood is a likely winner for you.
April 27, 2008
#5
Don’t be fooled by that 5-star review. This could have been extremely funny, but it was not at all. I am a mother and think my day-to-day life can be humorous at times, but the humor is way too contrived and the actors are trying too hard to be funny. The whole thing made me cringe. My husband went to bed after 10 minutes, I should have gone with him.