Motherhood

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Motherhood

PG-13

2009

1h 29m

Comedy

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2,500+ Ratings

Frantically managing two kids, an absent-minded husband and her ambitions to become a writer, Eliza Welsh wonders if she's sacrificed too much for her family. With her daughter's sixth birthday approaching, arranging the party brings a whole new set of challenges, as everything conspires to turn her arrangements on their head.

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Critics Consensus

Despite Uma Thurman's comic skills, Motherhood's contrived set-ups and cliched jokes keep this comedy from delivering laughs -- or insights into modern parenting.

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Perri Nemiroff

CinemaBlend

08/14/2010

2.5/5

Pity party for moms.

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

03/05/2010

2/5

An authentic account of stressed-out parenting, but anyone sans sprogs will find limited appeal in this one-trick pony.

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Nina Caplan

Time Out

03/05/2010

1/5

I wouldn't care if she was at the epicentre of the movement for global peace: she's a happily married mother who looks like Uma Thurman, and my reserves of sympathy are limited.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

12/04/2011

2/4

Filmmaker Dieckmann has infused Motherhood with a meandering sensibility that immediately sets the viewer on edge...

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Ellen E Jones

Total Film

03/16/2010

2/5

Motherhood is neither insight nor escapism. It's a yummy-mummy newspaper column splurged onto celluloid, like baby sick on your best cashmere sweater.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Feb 26

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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08/22/2015

Unfortunately, nothing here digs too deep.

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12/22/2014

Oh god. Its the most painful, deplorable, god awful bore in existence. More like no stars.

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10/08/2014

Love the scathing reviews from the male critics. How insightful and clever they are. Seriously?

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02/16/2014

Enjoyable movie. Good escape.

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09/29/2013

Uma Thurman plays what must be the most harried, least graceful SAHM in NYC. and what is with those awful clothes?!

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Synopsis

Frantically managing two kids, an absent-minded husband and her ambitions to become a writer, Eliza Welsh wonders if she's sacrificed too much for her family. With her daughter's sixth birthday approaching, arranging the party brings a whole new set of challenges, as everything conspires to turn her arrangements on their head.

Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Producer: Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
Screenwriter: Katherine Dieckmann
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Killer Films, John Wells Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual References|Language|Brief Drug Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $92.9K
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital