Synopsis
Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.
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Cast
- Jennifer AnistonSandy
- Julia RobertsMiranda Collins
- Kate HudsonJesse
- Jason SudeikisBradley
- Sarah ChalkeGabi
- Britt RobertsonKristin
- Timothy OlyphantHenry
- Shay MitchellTina
- Jack WhitehallZack Zim
- Margo MartindaleFlo
Recommendations
- 70
Arizona Republic
Perhaps because the bar was set so low, Mother’s Day turns out to be surprisingly watchable. - 38
Movie Nation
An ensemble holiday comedy packed with all the sappy sentimentality and mawkish manipulation that only the old master, Garry Marshall would dare give it. - 38
The Seattle Times
It’s a lazy movie that fades from memory the instant the credits start to roll; a blandly pretty cog in a studio wheel. Moms deserve better. So do moviegoers. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Mother’s Day, the movie, feels as contrived and inauthentic as the holiday itself. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Mother’s Day is bad from the start, and it doesn't get better. - 25
Chicago Tribune
Mother's Day is a total mess, but what's truly offensive is that they didn't even try to make this cynical, post-Sunday brunch cash grab even remotely watchable. Your mom deserves so much better this Mother's Day. Go see "The Meddler" instead. - 25
Washington Post
Despite an army of appealing actors in its large ensemble cast, the rom-com Mother’s Day is startlingly unappealing. Clumsily edited and culturally tone deaf, it’s more obsessed with the titular holiday than even most mothers would find reasonable. - 12
RogerEbert.com
None of the actors are able to find a way to rise above the material, instead just plowing through in the broadest manner possible while trying not to look too obviously embarrassed.
