Mother of the Bride

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Mother of the Bride

Released May 9

1h 28m

Romance

Comedy

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Lana's daughter Emma returns from abroad and drops a bombshell: she's getting married. In Thailand. In a month! Things only get worse when Lana learns that the man who captured Emma's heart is the son of the man who broke hers years ago.

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Critics Consensus

Mother of the Bride serves an oft-overlooked demographic and takes us to crystalline beaches before it ceremonially drowns in generic waters.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

It's an hour-and-a-half that feels like a decade, so you're left desperately searching for something to end the misery.

Rated: 0/4

May 21, 2024

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Marah Eakin

Chicago Reader

Netflix’s newest rom-com is middling and mindless.

May 13, 2024

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

The film's match-making subtlety, let's say, is some way short of Jane Austen level.

Rated: 2/5

May 9, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A shallow escapist pic that I couldn't escape from until it ended.

Rated: C-

Aug 19, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...weary identikit romcom will probably generate the requisite clicks...fairly harmless, fairly inoffensive, remarkably bland fare, for couch potatoes who can’t be bothered watching an actual film, and that seems to be partly what Netflix cater for…

Rated: 2/5

Aug 13, 2024

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Susan Granger

SSG Syndicate

This flimsy, forgettable rom-com is populated by superficially 'pretty people' - bland, underdeveloped stereotypes - and each shallow, awkward scene is more predictable than the one preceding it.

Rated: 3/10

Jul 27, 2024

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Wendy B

I thought this was a really fun movie to watch. Light and easy and very enjoyable. Definitely recommended.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Glenn L

This movie basically promotes incest. Not a fan.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Joel H

Mother of the Bride starts off with an interesting premise, where the bride’s mother finds out that her daughter is marrying the son of her ex-boyfriend. However, it doesn’t really go anywhere after that. There are also a bunch of side stories that don’t really go anywhere and side characters that mostly stand on the sidelines. Brooke Shields, Benjamin Bratt, and Rachael Harris are good actors, but they’re not given much opportunity to show it off in this bland vanilla rom-com. While I didn’t hate Mother of the Bride, I don’t think that I would choose to walk down the aisle with this movie again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/24

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John R

Decent Watch, haven't seen Brooke in awhile, thought Benjamin Bratt and Rachael Harris were great, made fun of the different generations, best part was it's a normal 90 min length!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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craig e

Absolutely the worst of the worst, acting, script just absolute dross.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/27/24

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BestBest 5

Watching this movie is a new torture method

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/23/24

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Synopsis

Lana's daughter Emma returns from abroad and drops a bombshell: she's getting married. In Thailand. In a month! Things only get worse when Lana learns that the man who captured Emma's heart is the son of the man who broke hers years ago.

Director: Mark Waters
Producer: Brad Krevoy
Screenwriter: Robin Bernheim
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Living Films
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 9, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 9, 2024
Runtime: 1h 28m

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