Motherhood

Name: Motherhood
Genre: Comedy
Released: October 23, 2009
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 34
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver, Uma Thurman

2009

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MOTHERHOOD

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National Entertainment Media | Release Date: October 23, 2009

Starring: Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver, Uma Thurman

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)

Director: Katherine Dieckmann

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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The Hollywood Reporter - Stephen Farber

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. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - Peter Rainer

Uma Thurman looks frumpy in Motherhood. This is the only pressing reason to see it. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

Parenthood seems only half aware of Eliza's REAL problem: that she thinks she's superior to the choices she's made. Read full review

NPR - Ella Taylor

Motherhood doesn't really need a recession to call attention to its flaws. The movie's a perfect dud on its own terms. Read full review

New York Post - Lou Lumenick

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. Read full review

The New York Times - A.O. Scott

Has shockingly little to say. Read full review

New York Daily News - Joe Neumaier

Motherhood's litany of complaints and trite comedy-drama comes off as thin, and targeted, as a flyer for The Children's Place. Read full review

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Denise

Sep 8, 2010

I am giving this one star for the fact that I didn't actually pay to see the first twelve minutes of it (after which I decided scrubbing the bathrooms was truly preferable to enduring the remaining 78 minutes).

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