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Motherhood

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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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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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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... Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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08/22/2015 Unfortunately, nothing here digs too deep. See more 12/22/2014 Oh god. Its the most painful, deplorable, god awful bore in existence. More like no stars. See more 10/08/2014 Love the scathing reviews from the male critics. How insightful and clever they are. Seriously? See more 02/16/2014 Enjoyable movie. Good escape. See more 09/29/2013 Uma Thurman plays what must be the most harried, least graceful SAHM in NYC. and what is with those awful clothes?! See more 07/05/2013 A pathetic movie about motherhood. Sure Mums do one hundred and one things. But this movie was pathetic. See more Read all reviews
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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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Motherhood

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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
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