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This movie not only makes mothers nowadays feel great about themselves, it also delivers a very important message for their kids.

Fun movie. Fun characters. What I liked most about it is how they managed to show how they party and have fun without making them look aggressive like other "let's go drunk" movies out there.

This is a good movie to watch "for fun". Yep. It would be a good beach read if it were a book. There are some good points made, but the problem with good points is that the people who need them the most never "get" them. All in all, kids will be kids and strong moms will continue to be just that! How lucky people are who have them. :)

I enjoyed it and glad to see I'm not alone in feeling neglected😥

A feel good movie about the midlife crisis and the empty nest syndrome. On Mother's Day, three single mothers decide to rendezvous in Manhattan with their three ungrateful sons. Ungrateful? Well, they forgot about Mother's Day ... again!

The atmosphere looks like an unpredictable mix of the endearing side of any Woody Allen movie from the 70s, the irreverent side of Sex and the City (1998) and the cheesy side of Mamma Mia! (2008). It's definitely not a masterpiece but I liked it.

Don't miss this movie ! The last few minutes of the movie made me cry literally. It's worth your watch ..

Having Netflix, you tend to stumble on moveis, instead of seeking them out, at times.

This was one of them. I really enjoyed the performances of the three main female leads.

Was the story 100% believable, no not really, but it was a great way to escape for the evening and enjoy a movie without being insulted, spooked, grossed out or generally bored by MILLENNIALS.

Very cute, worth a look.

This was a cute modern take on raising kids and how to parent adults of today. If you aren't a parent, you prob won't understand the humour or appreciate the slow parts. If you aren't in the mood for this type of family centred movie, then don't watch it. The negative reviews listed here are not warranted.

The crazy thing is during the whole movie, I am watching the actor playing Daniel, and thinking, he reminds me so much of Dustin Hoffman...little did I know!!

Not a bad movie nor is it a great movie, it is just fun to watch, and Angela Bassett is a dream in the new outfit she wears to go to the club.

I'd had this on my Netflix list for a while, mainly because it had three reputable actors in it.

I really wish I'd spent my evening on something else though, as this was just dull, dull, dull.

The performances were entirely credible, but the story and script were incredibly boring.

The most entertaining thing about watching this was reading the review from a paranoid viewer who interpreted the bumper sticker on one of the Mother's cars, not as a visual aid to show more of the character's personality; but as a deliberate attempt to brainwash the audience into some awful liberal mindset. Although becoming sadly as predictable as the plot of this film, these angry outbursts about subliminal political messages in television littered throughout IMDB are quite entertaining to read.

The story's a pretty simple one. Three moms (played by Angela Bassett, Felicity Huffman and Patricia Arquette) with disfunctional lives who have been lifelong friends feel ignored on Mother's Day when none of their grown sons who have equally disfunctional lives (played by Sinqua Walls, Jake Lacy and Jake Hoffman) call them. So they jump in a car and travel to New York City unannounced to visit their respective boys - who are none to happy with the surprise. That's the story.

The performances from the cast were fine. I had no complaints there. But the story is weak. It really doesn't have much of a point to it, to be honest. It's described as a comedy, but to be perfectly honest I found the movie rather dark - and not as in a dark comedy. Just dark and largely humourless to be honest. Even a dark comedy has to have some wry, sardonic humour to qualify it as a comedy. This really didn't. It wasn't a pleasant movie and I really didn't feel much sympathy for any of the characters. The story really doesn't have that much of a point to it except showing us the various disfunctional relationships, but - of course - implausibly it all leads up to the required happy ending as everything works out perfectly for everyone.

It's not a horrible movie. It's just very mediocre. The good performances from the cast get it a 4/10 from me.

Such a lovely movie. Makes me hope Felicity Huffman isn't ostracized from Hollywood as she's such a great actress. Great to see Becki Newton too...she needs to me in more movies!

Worth watching. I really liked it! Typical sunday movie. Feelgood chick flick

Not funny. Not engaging. But very predictable. The characters are klichées and instead of being moved I just got annoyed. Sorry, but I really didn't find it good or interesting.

This movie starts out as a tale of three mothers in upstate New York who feel ignored by their sons, who live in New York City. There is comedy and some cliché acting, but when you look further you witness what many parents experience nowadays: losing contact with their children who are living their own life without ever thinking about the persons who raised them en love them. It's about the present hedonistic and shallow lifestyle of many young persons, the selfish attitude they are not even aware of themselves. I guess many young people who criticise this movie recognise themselves in the three sons.

An ok movie but very predictable, nice movie to see with the family.

There are several references to infidelity, heavy pandering to gays and lesbians, drunkenness, ethnic stereotyping, and a mixture of clichés. But as Hollywood films go, this one was relatively tame and moral.

The main characters are not appealing, and there isn't much character development, so you're not rooting for anyone. Women who raised kids who no longer keep in touch with mom, while the moms are clueless why. But ultimately they want their sons to be solid, moral men.

Despite the sloppy attempts at slapstick humor or suburban kitsch, the basic points are made fairly well. Those are that people need to make an effort to truly get to know one another, yet sometimes it's best to give them some space. Also that forgiveness is hard, but often necessary, and finally that our most meaningful contribution to the world is our children.

There is a good sort of retro 80's song played here and there, and some great shots of the Hudson River in Upstate New York.

Patricia Arquette is awkward here as a convert to Judaism. She tries to act like a stereotypical Jewish mother, yet her character is not from a Jewish background. So probably a convert would just have the personality of whatever they came from .

Angela Bassett is always solid and looks great. Huffman was born for these kind of roles.

Don't go into the movie expecting other then a lovely heartwarming movie. Great acting. Nice story. Good rainy Sunday afternoon movie

I'm just reinforcing the 6 rating at the time I reviewed this. For women, especially mothers of adult children who can handle a rated "R" movie and all that can come with, this flick is probably an 8. For men, its tolerable to watch with your wife...not horrible.

Some adult beverage, if you imbibe, for me was very helpful in enjoying the flick, but I did find my thoughts drifting a bit toward the end of movie. It did get to a point where I was a bit tired of the mother's...blah, blah, blah...whine, snivel, blah. We get it. You know, men also dont enjoy getting older, we just dont complain about it as much!

There is a reason many adult children enjoy life without their parents around and obligatorily visit, then return to their lives. "Cats in the Cradle and the silver spoon" as the song goes. It was correct then, and still is today. This is just a movie about women who lament it and have nothing better to do than be a pain to their kids...out of the blue and uninvited.

Some good lessons of course, the movie has merit.

I don't mind films about women getting older, in fact they can be very well done. This one wasn't. It is sooooooo predictable and rather cliche. What happened to their acting skills?

Cindy Chupack of SATC directed this feel good comedy about mothers visiting their sons in NYC for Mothers Day. Each of the stories is different and cute. It's nice to find this kind of ensemble comedy that doesn't go over familiar ground. Some scenes are laugh out loud funny and some are touching.

Angela Bassett looks great. Felicity Huffman is good at comedy a nice change from all the serious roles of late.

Worth a watch.

I mean, yes is a predictable comedy BUT the message that this movies pass us is so strong and powerful. A solid screenplay, a nice directing style with a Netflix budget and with the outstanding and brilliant performances of the Oscar nominated actresses Angela Bassett and Felicty Huffman and Oscar Winner Patrícia Arquette. Recommended to the all the grown up sons that live far away from their mother. And in the end of the movie u're gonna miss her so much that u gonna call to your mom until she answer.

Had its moments. Started really funny then meh. Bit too chiche

Sometimes the characters have reasonable motivations and valid points - but most of the time all the characters are just unlikeable. Solid acting from the three leads makes the first act enjoyable but after that it's hard to care for any character