Rotten
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.
Nina Caplan, Time Out
Motherhood
There are no time-outs in...
2009 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Katherine Dieckmann
Overview
In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
Director and cast
- Katherine Dieckmann Director
- Uma Thurman as Eliza Welsh
- Minnie Driver as Sheila
- Anthony Edwards as Avery Welch
- David Schallipp as Lucas Welch
- Matthew Schallipp as Lucas Welch
- Daisy Tahan as Clara Welch
- Alice Drummond as Edith
- Stephanie Szostak as French Neighbor
- Kerry Bishé as Good Sharing Mom
- Clea Lewis as Lily
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Whiny and self-involved, Thurman's mother of two sees judgment around every corner and believes the universe has conspired against her because the bakery misspelled her daughter's name on a birthday cake.
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Motherhood gives upper-middle-class whining a bad name.
Michael Phillips, At the Movies
Rotten
Unfortunately, nothing here digs too deep.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
The humor is soft, the dramas are small, and the movie stumbles from loose and scruffy naturalism to sitcom tidiness.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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