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  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Eliza decides to enter a contest run by an upscale parenting magazine. All she has to do is write 500 words answering the deceptively simple question, "What Does Motherhood Mean to Me?" In the process Eliza rediscovers her own voice and realizes what is truly valuable in her life. (Freestyle Releasing)

Directed By: Katherine Dieckmann

Written By: Katherine Dieckmann

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
Motherhood
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
34
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Summary Eliza decides to enter a contest run by an upscale parenting magazine. All she has to do is write 500 words answering the deceptively simple question, "What Does Motherhood Mean to Me?" In the process Eliza rediscovers her own voice and realizes what is truly valuable in her life. (Freestyle Releasing)

Directed By: Katherine Dieckmann

Written By: Katherine Dieckmann

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
34
20% Positive
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
47% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
34
20% Positive
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
47% Negative
7 Reviews

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70
Neither earth-shaking nor profound, but it has considerable charm, thanks to an appealing cast and some sharply witty observations about the pressures of child-rearing in Manhattan.
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67
Parenthood seems only half aware of Eliza's REAL problem: that she thinks she's superior to the choices she's made.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Though pregnant with possibility, Motherhood fails to deliver.
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40
Dieckmann nails the look of a certain niche of urban neo-middle-class living, but the film's hyper-earnest tone and reliance on "day-from-hell" New York clichés overwhelm those details.
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30
Invites the kind of judgment it condemns.
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25
Dieckmann fails to notice that Thurman doesn’t have the comic chops for the material--she comes off more like a self-pitying loser than a witty, put-upon everywoman.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
20
It’s a judgmental tale whose only payoff is carpe diem drivel.
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
7.2
76% Positive
13 Ratings
6% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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76% Positive
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6% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Production Company John Wells Productions, Killer Films, iDeal Partners Film Fund
Release Date Oct 23, 2009
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline There are no time-outs in...
Website http://www.motherhoodthefilm.com/
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Awards

Boston Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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