SummaryEliza 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)
Directed By:Katherine Dieckmann
Written By:Katherine Dieckmann
Motherhood
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
34
User score
Generally Unfavorable
2.8
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
20% Positive
3 Reviews
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33% Mixed
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70
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.
67
Parenthood seems only half aware of Eliza's REAL problem: that she thinks she's superior to the choices she's made.
50
Though pregnant with possibility, Motherhood fails to deliver.
40
Dieckmann nails the look of a certain niche of urban neo-middle-class living, but the film's hyper-earnest tone and reliance on "day-from-hell" New York clichés overwhelm those details.
30
Invites the kind of judgment it condemns.
25
Dieckmann fails to notice that Thurman doesn’t have the comic chops for the material--she comes off more like a self-pitying loser than a witty, put-upon everywoman.
20
It’s a judgmental tale whose only payoff is carpe diem drivel.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
20% Positive
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60% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Sep 8, 2010
1
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).
Production Company:
- John Wells Productions
- Killer Films
- iDeal Partners Film Fund
Release Date:Oct 23, 2009
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:There are no time-outs in...
Awards
Boston Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
