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Motherhood (2009)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:8
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4/10
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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Oct 23, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $50,081
Synopsis: Shot entirely on location in New York’s West Village, MOTHERHOOD is a comedy distilling the dilemmas of the maternal state into the trials and tribulations of one pivotal day. MOTHERHOOD forms a... [More]
Starring: Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver, Samantha Bee
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
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Reviews for Motherhood
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In a few brief moments, Thurman's Eliza springs to life... but it's not Thurman's fault that those moments are few and far between. Full Review |
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Motherhood gives upper-middle-class whining a bad name. Full Review |
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0/10 |
...inept...ill-conceived, and amateurish...an insult to full time Mothers and motherhood. Full Review |
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 3/5 |
Portrays a time-starved mother who is willing to throw herself into parenting but also realizes the need to care for her own soul. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Unfortunately, nothing here digs too deep. Full Review |
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Too bad the writing didn't include (Thurman) lopping off people's heads, sort of a sequel to her "Kill Bill" roles. Now 90 minutes of that could be entertaining. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The humor is soft, the dramas are small, and the movie stumbles from loose and scruffy naturalism to sitcom tidiness. Full Review |
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If Ms. Dieckmann really thinks that people communicate as inanely as she has written this script, then we are all doomed. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
It scares straight any wishful daydreams about parenting, living in Manhattan and even looking like Uma Thurman. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Parenting dramedy entertains but unlikely to appeal to kids. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Uma, overload. Overload, Uma. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
If Carrie Bradshaw ever trades her Manolos for sneakers and starts blogging about raising children, I pray she wouldn't be as tiresome as the heroine of Katherine Dieckmann's insufferable comedy Motherhood. Full Review |
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2/4 |
[Motherhood] not only overdoes its premise, but it's hampered by several flaws. When it tries to be serious, it's too earnest, and when it tries to strike a chord, it's banal. Full Review |
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Misguided, cluttered, annoying mess of a dramedy, a film only moderately redeemed by the still-luminous Thurman, but even she is dragged down by a truly awful screenplay. Mothers still get no respect. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
The lesson, I guess, is that it really sucks being a mom, but it's also incredibly unrewarding. Full Review |
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[A] sharp comedy. Full Review |
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A pleasing, lighthearted look at the mommy wars. Full Review |
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Many films have been made about the perils of parenthood, but none with a more attractive and entertaining mom on the verge of a nervous breakdown than Uma Thurman in Motherhood. Full Review |
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1/4 |
You can see the movie wants to comment on all the frustrations of urban motherhood, but it does so only shallowly. How did having children kill Eliza’s “fiercely lyrical’’ fiction career? The movie isn’t that political or reflective. Full Review |
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1/5 |
gets stuck in the starting gate, unsure of what kind of film it wants to be. Full Review |
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