Motherhood
1,531
Comedy
A mother of two prepares for her daughter's sixth birthday party in the face of many challenges. Eliza Welch (Uma Thurman), a mother of two, has a very crazy day in front of her. She has a massive list of things she has to get done, most of which revolve around her children. It is her daughter’s birthday so she has to get the party ready as well. She still needs to get decorations, the cake, and several other things. Also, she regularly ... [+]
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"Neither earth-shaking nor profound, but it has considerable charm, thanks to an appealing cast and some sharply witty observations about the pressures of child-rearing in Manhattan" | ||||
"If Carrie Bradshaw ever trades her Manolos for sneakers and starts blogging about raising children, I pray she wouldn't be as tiresome as the heroine of Katherine Dieckmann's insufferable comedy 'Motherhood.'" | ||||
"Though pregnant with possibility, 'Motherhood' fails to deliver" | ||||
"Invites the kind of judgment it condemns" | ||||
"When it aims for humor, it feels overwrought and clichéd" | ||||
"Thurman is bespectacled again for Motherhood, and it saddens me to report that neither she nor this comedy turns into more than an argument against procreation" |
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