Mother’s Day is something of a successor to Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve both of which were directed by Garry Marshall. After seeing this trifecta of sickly sweet movies dedicated to the holidays, I can honestly say that the aforementioned two films look like the first two Godfather films. Let me take a pause so I can catch my breath before I continue.
This is another movie that is so corny, unauthentic, unfunny, and endlessly manipulative that those words are actually giving it too much credit.
The movie centers around multiple storylines that occasionally interconnect. Jennifer Aniston stars as Sandy, a divorced mother with two boys dealing with the fact that her ex-husband is now remarried to a much younger woman.
Kate Hudson plays a woman who has a dysfunctional relationship with her parents and they have some hostility when they find out she’s married to a man outside her own race. Jason Sudeikis plays a widowed father trying to raise his two daughters after their Marine mother was killed in action and ends up becoming attracted to Aniston. Ten points if you can figure out where this subplot goes.
Finally, Julia Roberts is a highly successful entrepreneur specializing in best-selling books and expensive jewelry that is frequently on sale on the Home Shopping Network. The only thing this thread succeeds at is lots of product plugs.
To effectively get my point across with the regards to the level of boredom I had, I bought some candy during the movie and in a couple of scenes, I started to count how many times I was chewing the candy before it finally digested. That was much more interesting than anything I saw in this movie.
People complained about the dark and depressing tone of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. I think the audience that goes to see this drivel should go see that a second time just to feel cheerful again.
If you’re still fortunate enough to have your mother, do what you can for her this year except taking her to see this movie. You’ll be doing both of yourselves a huge favor.
Grade: D-
(Rated PG-13 for language and some suggestive material.)
