Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver

In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.

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38% liked it

32 ratings

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24% liked it

29 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Katherine Dieckmann

Release Date: October 23, 2009

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  • October 19, 2009
    Uma Thurman as a mom looks a lot like she did in Batman & Robin before she became Poison Ivy. This trailer is oozing with Lifetime movie silliness so i'll probably pass.

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October 23, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The humor is soft, the dramas are small, and the movie stumbles from loose and scruffy naturalism to sitcom tidiness. full review

October 23, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

[Motherhood] not only overdoes its premise, but it's hampered by several flaws. When it tries to be serious, it's too earnest, and when it tries to strike a chord, it's banal. full review

October 22, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

Revealing the contradictions of this postfeminist age, Motherhood is good enough to recall Up the Sandbox, the elegant and eccentric 1972 response to feminism, race, class and media... full review

October 21, 2009
Nick Schager, Time Out New York

A portrait of parenthood that's apt to turn one into an ardent advocate of contraception, Motherhood portrays such shrill, mopey and all-around unpleasant adults that it's hard to believe any of them ... full review

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