Motherhood (I) (2009)

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.

Director:

Katherine Dieckmann

Writer:

Katherine Dieckmann

Stars:

Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, David Schallipp

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Uma Thurman	...	Eliza
Anthony Edwards	...	Avery
David Schallipp	...	Lucas
Matthew Schallipp	...	Lucas
Daisy Tahan	...	Clara
Alice Drummond	...	Edith
Stephanie Szostak	...	French Neighbor
Celina Vignaud	...	Her Daughter
Minnie Driver	...	Sheila
Dale Soules	...	Hester
James Lecesne	...	Annoyed Man
Marceline Hugot	...	Curious Tourist
Victor Colicchio	...	Roofer in Truck
Brian Tarantina	...	Opera Lover in Car
Kerry Bishé	...	Good Sharing Mom

Storyline

Eliza Kendall Welch (Uma Thurman), mother of, Clara, and Lucas, lives with her spouse, Avery McKendrik (Anthony Edwards), in an Manhattan apartment. Today is May 25th, Clara's 6th birthday, and she has to make arrangements for a party, as well as attend to day-to-day chores, including Blogging, and entering an online contest 'Motherhood', and looking after her invalid elderly neighbor and a dog. Things will slowly get out of hand after her car gets towed due to a film shooting; the tire on her bike gets punctured; she alienates herself from her friend, Sheila (Minnie Driver); Clara's name is misspelled on the cake; while Avery refuses to answer his cell-phone. After being assisted by a delivery man, Nikesh (Arjun Gupta), who finds her attractive, she concludes she has had enough, and decides not to return home.

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Plot Keywords:

birthday | mother | birthday party | delivery man | neighbor | 

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Taglines:

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual references and a brief drug comment

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 August 2009 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Uma Mãe em Apuros

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$50,081 (USA) (23 October 2009)

Gross:

$92,900 (USA) (13 November 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

John Wells Productions, Killer Films, iDeal Partners Film Fund

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Grossed $100,000 in the USA in 2009 and, in its UK opening weekend, took a total of £88 - equating to about 11 tickets sold.

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Goofs

Eliza refers to Pylon as "The Pylons".

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Connections

References The Bourne Identity (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Stop It"
Written by Randy Bewley, Curtis Crowe, Vanessa Briscoe (as Vanessa Hay), and Michael Lachowski
Performed by Pylon
Copyright 2007 Pylon Music Ltd
Under exclusive license to DFA Records

User Reviews

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I enjoyed the movie..If you aren't a parent then it will not make any sense to you. After watching the movie I sat and thought how hard my wife works, so I took her out to dinner that night.

Kudos to you hard working mothers that get it. I prefer not to dissect a movie, it may have been all over the board, in regards to a plot, but I live in California and thought, wow is parking that bad where they live?

I may not be a professional movie critic and sit on my butt all day long, but I'm a hard 60+ hour working dude that enjoys a couch, remote and a TV and I'm saying that I like the movie.