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- 2014
- Not Rated
- 1 h 25 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- 1 h 25 m
Summary Penelope, an adventurous and bold mother of two, struggles to strike the right balance between her artistic aspirations and motherly responsibilities in this playful look at modern-day motherhood and the difficulties families face everyday.
Directed By: Shannon Plumb
Written By: Shannon Plumb
- 2014
- Not Rated
- 1 h 25 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- 1 h 25 m
Towheads
56
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Summary Penelope, an adventurous and bold mother of two, struggles to strike the right balance between her artistic aspirations and motherly responsibilities in this playful look at modern-day motherhood and the difficulties families face everyday.
Directed By: Shannon Plumb
Written By: Shannon Plumb
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
56
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
56
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
In Towheads, every comic bit is weighted with an awkward blend of sadness and irreverent humor.
The film comes off as more of a succession of self-contained comedic vignettes than as an incisive portrait of a woman vainly trying to have it all. But Plumb’s plucky, eccentric character is so winning that you find yourself rooting for her nonetheless.
Works better as a series of well-conceived, impeccably timed and executed physical gags, with light dustings of pathos, than as the story of a woman sacrificing her artistic identity on the altar of motherhood.
The movie is a watchable collection of images that never quite come together.
There's but one sequence in the entire movie that offers even the slightest bit of filmmaking verve, and even this speaks to the project's essential myopia.
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