Motherhood

PG-13

Released Oct 23, 2009

1 hr. 29 min.

Comedy

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20%

51 Reviews

Tomatometer

16%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Audience Member

Unfortunately, nothing here digs too deep.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Enjoyable movie. Good escape.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

A pathetic movie about motherhood. Sure Mums do one hundred and one things. But this movie was pathetic.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Katherine Dieckmann

Director

Uma Thurman

Eliza Welsh

Anthony Edwards

Eliza's Husband

Minnie Driver

Sheila

Daisy Tahan

Clara

Javier Picayo

Male College Student

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Nick Schager

Time Out

Rated: 1/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Perri Nemiroff

CinemaBlend

Pity party for moms.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 14, 2010

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

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

Rated: 2/5

Mar 5, 2010

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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

Rated: 2/4

Dec 4, 2011

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Ellen E Jones

Total Film

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

Rated: 2/5

Mar 16, 2010

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Tim Evans

Sky Cinema

A light, cheery metropolitan take on what it's like to be left holding the baby.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 5, 2010

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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
Executive Producer: John Wells, Michael Lesser, Daniel Crown
Screenwriter: Katherine Dieckmann
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: John Wells Productions, Killer Films
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
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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