Michael Ledo
The film starts out with the backgrounds of several families leading up to Mother's Day. Each family has their faux drama. It was sort of like "New Year's Eve" but less disjointed as these stories all come together. There is a story of a divorced family, a two mother family, a "mixed" family, a broken family, the new wife, a passed on mom family.The big name stars bring chemistry and emotion in this drippy dramedy. Yes it is thick and gooey. It is as predictable and formula as the "Brady Bunch"... you see this guy with two daughters meets a woman with two sons....And when Julia Robert cries, everyone cries.It is a Hollywood feel good production that is designed to entertain our gooiest emotions. Don't expect awards for creative writing.Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity. 10 stars for what it is. I feel unclean just watching it.
Spring_A
I understood a very long time ago, that you shouldn't base your opinion about film only by cast. And Mother's Day isn't an exception. Looking at the idea of the film, you might think that this will be another movie like "Valentine's Day". But, after I saw the trailer, I thought this might be a good and thoughtful film. Yet, after watching it, I only had a negative impression. Firstly, most of the slightest hints of clever topics are mixed with sometimes completely inappropriate humor. Secondly, the idea seems stretched, as if the director just wanted to make the film as long as possible and did not really worry about the script. Finally, most of the characters look like they're underdone, just as their dialogues. There are many funny, and at the same time clever and enlightening, dramas. However, I can't say that "Mother's Day" is one of them. It wasn't a total disaster, as this is an еasy movie, which can theoretically be written in family-friendly and is good for evenings, when you have nothing else to watch. I wasn't expecting very much from this film, so I gave this film 5/10.
phd_travel
I actually enjoyed this movie more than some of the other similar Gary Marshall ensemble comedies. The cast is as likable as any you can get together in a movie and the scenarios are quite funny.Shay Mitchell of PLL is a scene stealer as younger second wife and she can hold her own in both looks and acting ability with the A list cast. Jennifer Aniston looks comfortably older as divorcée first wife. The funny situation is Kate Hudson's character hiding her Indian husband from her racist white trash parents. Brit Robertson never seems to look older than a teenager plays a woman with commitment issues. Julia Roberts looks deliberately I think a bit garish as a home shopping queen.Don't understand why people criticized this movie so badly. It's actually okay.
