Mother's Day

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Mother's Day

PG-13

Released Apr 29, 2016

1h 58m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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Sandy (Jennifer Aniston) is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse (Kate Hudson) is a fitness freak who doesn't tell her parents that she has a family. Bradley is a widower (Jason Sudeikis) who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda (Julia Roberts) is too busy with her career to worry about having children. When their respective problems start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning.

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Critics Consensus

Arguably well-intended yet thoroughly misguided, Mother's Day is the cinematic equivalent of a last-minute gift that only underscores its embarrassing lack of effort.

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Sandy Cohen

Associated Press

Even if stars Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts and Kate Hudson are mom's all-time favorites, don't subject her to this cloying, plotless dose of saccharine unless she's done you wrong.

Dec 30, 2016

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Mother's Day isn't just bad, it's an unforgivable blot on the cinematic landscape.

Rated: 0/4

Aug 11, 2016

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

Want some racism and sexism with your holiday celebration? The repellent Mother's Day has a surprising, distasteful, and shameful amount of both.

Rated: 0/5

Aug 2, 2016

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

They all shine as befits their star status but there's little here worth casting their light on.

Jan 6, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The film itself is destined to be one of the year's absolute worst efforts and easily the worst of Marshall's long career.

Rated: 0/4.0

Sep 17, 2020

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

This movie is watchable on a Sunday with your mom.

May 1, 2020

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Dana H

More proof thar famous people have bills to pay! Some of the worst acting I have ever seen in my life.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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Wayne T

Our too-serious world requires bright, colourful ‘60’s style sets; time out from cynical sophistication and sarcasm. Sentimentality and an overtly emotional soundtrack are okay. If you need 24/7 drama, watch a war, Dr Zhivago or Eastern European art house cinema (they don’t do humour). You are permitted to eat popcorn and pizza once in a while and relax with Hollywood’s comedic actors being intentionally silly.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Audience Member

Una de las peores películas que he visto en mi vida. No puedo creer que es tan perfectamente mala, el cast obvio es bueno y es un desperdicio de dinero, tiempo y trabajo, está muy mal escrita, mal editada y no tiene nada de sentido. No lo digo ofensivamente, solo es una descripción honesta, me gustaría darle un 0 estrellas pero no sé puede.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/24

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Addison H

I want that 1hour and 58 minutes of my life back

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/07/24

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Miss L

Combining like 10 different storylines that are unrelated. Single dumbest movie I've had the displeasure of watching. Littered with cliche bs stereotypes that would only be humorous to someone with a mental deficit, as the scriptwriters clearly were.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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John A

A surprising lack of effort on display here. Think I'll skip Mother's Day this year.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/15/23

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Synopsis

Sandy (Jennifer Aniston) is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse (Kate Hudson) is a fitness freak who doesn't tell her parents that she has a family. Bradley is a widower (Jason Sudeikis) who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda (Julia Roberts) is too busy with her career to worry about having children. When their respective problems start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning.

Director: Garry Marshall
Producer: Mike Karz, Wayne Allan Rice, Daniel Diamond, Brandt Andersen, Howard Burd, Mark DiSalle
Screenwriter: Anya Kochoff, Matthew Walker, Tom Hines
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Triad Film Works, Gulfstream Pictures, MayDay Movies, Aperture Media Partners, Beatnik Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Suggestive Material|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 29, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.5M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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