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- 2012
- R
- Anchor Bay Films
- 1 h 52 m
- 2012
- R
- Anchor Bay Films
- 1 h 52 m
Summary After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers head for home, hoping their "Mother" can provide them with a getaway. The youngest brother, "Johnny", has been shot and their back-stabbing former partner has gotten away with all the cash. But when the brothers get home, they find that all their stuff is gone and Mother is nowhere to be fo...
Directed By: Darren Lynn Bousman
Written By: Scott Milam, Charles Kaufman, Warren Leight
- 2012
- R
- Anchor Bay Films
- 1 h 52 m
- 2012
- R
- Anchor Bay Films
- 1 h 52 m
Mother's Day
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6.2
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Summary After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers head for home, hoping their "Mother" can provide them with a getaway. The youngest brother, "Johnny", has been shot and their back-stabbing former partner has gotten away with all the cash. But when the brothers get home, they find that all their stuff is gone and Mother is nowhere to be fo...
Directed By: Darren Lynn Bousman
Written By: Scott Milam, Charles Kaufman, Warren Leight
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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56% Mixed
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44% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
34
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Mother's Day is distinguished, at least, by De Mornay's porcelain-smile lampoon of castigating matriarchy.
Too long and with too many characters to get through, Mother's Day holds effective sequences, ramming home its (recycled) message: the animal lurks in us all.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
6.2
44% Positive
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11 Ratings
44% Mixed
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11 Ratings
12% Negative
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3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
6.2
44% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
44% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
12% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
From the Director of Saw 2, 3, & 4 comes an even scarier film, a story that is not only brutal, but also entirely possible. Three recently released prisoners are back to their old tricks, as they have just robbed a bank and escaped a shoot out with the police. With no where else to go, they flee to a familiar place, their mother's house, only while they were away, she lost that house to the bank and it had been re-sold. The trio stumbles right into the new owners house warming party and quickly take them as hostages. These boys are brutal, but they aren't very smart, not knowing what the next step is, they do they only thing they can think of and call their dear old mother for advice. Mother's Day is your typical film about hostages held at bay, trying to escape the brutal hold of their captors, with one exception, Rebecca De Mornay, a veteran actress of these types of films. De Mornay's is the one who raised these monsters, but she's also the voice of reason, with a cool calm demeanor, that will send a chill down your spine. Her performance in this film is what takes a simple hostage film and turns it into something deeper, darker, and more sinister. Of course a film like this isn't without it's flaws, as it is extremely predictable. They throw in all the things you would expect to see in a film about a hostage situation, and outside of the named actors you recognize, the rest of the cast, wasn't very good. That being said, I really enjoyed the triple dynamic between mother, psychopathic children, and the hostages, aside from that, this film was pretty much forgettable.
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A nasty little chiller from the Saw director with the evergreen De Mornay on top form.
Crisply shot and surprisingly well acted, Mother's Day suffers from an overly long script (a tornado hovers off screen to no apparent purpose) and annoying glitches in continuity.
When Rebecca De Mornay shows up as the criminals' fiercely doting matriarch, the ready crackle of her studiously demonic performance brings welcome distraction from this otherwise crude litany of torture and wretched death.
An ingenious idea for a suspense thriller – or maybe even an old-fashioned, "Wait Until Dark"-style stage play – turns out instead to be the pretext for a crass, over-long and tiresome splatter nightmare.
A home-invasion film like Mother's Day is elongated coitus interruptus.
Surprising movie in a good way. A story really well elaborated and more, still well executed. Performances from all the cast really good but definitely the stronger is Rebecca de Mornay'. Always with the same nuts face along with a excellent performance. Rebecca's performance was crazily good, she mixed the sadistic with calmness in a excellent form. One thing I liked, beside the characters aren't mentions for intelligence, they weren't the typical dumb teenagers, were adult people afraid and acting on under pressure and control. I found that really nice. It left the movie with a serious tone. Another thing, it has no jokes at crucial moments, it was taken very seriously, it also counted a lot. If you like violent thrillers, plus plenty of blood and tension, this will appeal you in full. A pity that it hasn't gone to the cinema, certainly deserved a chance.
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Another home invasion that lacks the horror and thrills, because I've seen it done before.
I haven't seen the original, but already I know it's better than this movie.
If I have to be honest, I only watched this cause it's Mother's Day in the UK
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