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Mother of the Bride

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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 05/21/2024
0/4
It's an hour-and-a-half that feels like a decade, so you're left desperately searching for something to end the misery. Go to Full Review
Marah Eakin Chicago Reader 05/13/2024
Netflix’s newest rom-com is middling and mindless. Go to Full Review
Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 05/09/2024
2/5
The film's match-making subtlety, let's say, is some way short of Jane Austen level. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/19/2024
C-
A shallow escapist pic that I couldn't escape from until it ended. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 08/13/2024
2/5
...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… Go to Full Review
Susan Granger SSG Syndicate 07/27/2024
3/10
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. Go to Full Review
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J F Aug 23 This could have been a cute rom com even tho the stories been done a million times but Sheilds really let the part down. She couldn't convey her character well. Plus, her eyebrows are so harsh, I was distracted looking at them the entire movie! The role between mother n daughter wasn't sorted well either. The daughter was really unfair mom n we had no idea why? Or the mother of a bride telling her daughter she's marrying son of Satan before her wedding becauseof a relationshipshe had 30 years ago? What was that? Cameron Diaz or Julia Roberts woulda put this on a better journey. Daughter looked super young too which is fine but her outfits like a 16yo didnt help. Needs alot of help in this movie from writing to read actors to story telling. Pass. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Aug 5 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 See more Lillith C Aug 1 Weird plot about the single parents of the bride and groom still having feelings for eachother after twenty years. The father is insuferable to watch and the mother is gaslit by every other character into thinking she is wrong in an hour and a half of plot driven and manufactured conflict all resolved in less than half a minute of talking. See more Ernesto P Apr 20 Me and my girlfriend spent the weekend watching bad movies, but we HAD to make an account so we could warn you how horrible this movie really is. Tik-tok dances and music, so full of crappy influencer’s sh*t, do not recommend it at all. See more Meredith W Apr 14 Brooke Shields is back. That’s not enough to elevate “Mother of the Bride” beyond the typical romantic comedy expectations, but it is still good to see her on screen in play out of its second chance trope between the separately single parents of a young couple being wed in Thailand (cue some beautiful scenery at least). See more Sandy M Mar 24 There are enough great actors in this that I shouldn't feel bored. But, the character development was shallow and the script was predictable. If you are looking for a mindless rom-com then go for it. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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