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Mother and Child

  • 20092009
  • RR
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
12K
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POPULARITY
13,659
1,722
Samuel L. Jackson, Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Kerry Washington, and Naomi Watts in Mother and Child (2009)
A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
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A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
12K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
13,659
1,722
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    • Director
      • Rodrigo García
    • Writer
      • Rodrigo García
    • Stars
      • Naomi Watts
      • Annette Bening
      • Kerry Washington
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rodrigo García
    • Writer
      • Rodrigo García
    • Stars
      • Naomi Watts
      • Annette Bening
      • Kerry Washington
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 71User reviews
    • 154Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 12 nominations

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    Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Elpidia Carrillo, and Simone Lopez in Mother and Child (2009)
    Annette Bening and Jimmy Smits in Mother and Child (2009)
    Kerry Washington and Shareeka Epps in Mother and Child (2009)
    David Ramsey and Kerry Washington in Mother and Child (2009)
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    Annette Bening in Mother and Child (2009)
    Naomi Watts in Mother and Child (2009)
    Samuel L. Jackson and Naomi Watts in Mother and Child (2009)
    Kerry Washington at an event for Mother and Child (2009)
    Kerry Washington at an event for Mother and Child (2009)
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    Naomi Watts at an event for Mother and Child (2009)

    Top cast

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    Naomi Watts
    Naomi Watts
    • Elizabeth
    Annette Bening
    Annette Bening
    • Karen
    Kerry Washington
    Kerry Washington
    • Lucy
    Alexandria M. Salling
    • Karen (age 14)
    • (as Alexandria Salling)
    Connor Kramme
    • Tom (age 14)
    Eileen Ryan
    Eileen Ryan
    • Nora
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • Paul
    Cherry Jones
    Cherry Jones
    • Sister Joanne
    David Ramsey
    David Ramsey
    • Joseph
    Kay D'Arcy
    • Karen's Hydrotherapy Patient
    Bradford Alex
    • Physical Therapist
    Jimmy Smits
    Jimmy Smits
    • Paco
    Elpidia Carrillo
    Elpidia Carrillo
    • Sofia
    Simone Lopez
    • Cristi
    Carla Gallo
    Carla Gallo
    • Tracy
    Marc Blucas
    Marc Blucas
    • Steven
    S. Epatha Merkerson
    S. Epatha Merkerson
    • Ada
    Michael Warren
    Michael Warren
    • Winston
    • Director
      • Rodrigo García
    • Writer
      • Rodrigo García
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Naomi Watts was pregnant with her second child, and there's a scene at the clinic where the audience can see her real son moving inside her belly. Naomi said in an interview that the baby was sleeping and she took a cold glass of water to wake him up inside.
    • Quotes

      Ray: Do you always tell the truth?

      Lucy: The truth is easier to remember.

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    User reviews71

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    Top review
    10/10
    Pitch Perfect & Sensitively Directed
    Caught this one at TIFF, and it was one of the best movies of the festival. Rodrigo Garcia directed "Nine Lives", which may be familiar to some audiences. That one was from 2005 and wove together a series of short vignettes. Garcia has a wonderful sensibility at portraying female characters in that one, and in "Mother & Child" he builds upon it even further as the movie centers around the theme of adoption and how it affects three adult women, played by Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, and Kerri Washington.

    I suppose this will get the "chick flick" label upon it's release, but for any lover of good dramas with characters you can sink your teeth into, that shouldn't matter, and besides, when did it become unfashionable for grown men to see movies with attractive female stars in them? There isn't a false moment or a scene that doesn't ring true, and I found myself so involved in the particularities of all the characters we meet that it no longer mattered to me what happened next, it was more interesting to get inside the shoes and take a walk inside the lives of these characters, so well fleshed out by all the stars here. So many big movies from America often feature adults behaving like children, and so it's ultimately refreshing and quite moving to follow the characters in "Mother & Child" who are going through very adult problems and acting like adults throughout, even if sometimes they fall or crack or are flawed.

    I think Bening and Watts, playing two very complicated and difficult women, should be nominated for Oscars. This movie takes material that could have been dumbed down and made into a TV movie of the week, but instead Rodrigo Garcia elevates the film by really listening to his characters. A wonderful movie, not just for women, but for all adults who like good movies, and for all film-goers who especially like "hyperlink" movies, that is, movies that deal with a multitude of characters while letting each of them take the wheel of the car. Terrific.
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    • Sep 22, 2009

    FAQ3

    • Answer to: Who is the person in the other picture? It looks like a young boy!
    • Who were the adoptive parents of Elizabeth (Benning's daughter)? Do we never see them because they're dead? Or has there been an estrangement? Did I miss something?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 2, 2010 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Untitled Rodrigo García Project
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Everest Entertainment
      • Cha Cha Chá Films
      • Mockingbird Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,110,509
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $43,040
      • May 9, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,621,971
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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