Motherhood
National Entertainment Media | Release Date: October 23, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
Neither earth-shaking nor profound, but it has considerable charm, thanks to an appealing cast and some sharply witty observations about the pressures of child-rearing in Manhattan. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Parenthood seems only half aware of Eliza's REAL problem: that she thinks she's superior to the choices she's made. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Uma Thurman looks frumpy in Motherhood. This is the only pressing reason to see it. Read full review
50
VarietyRob Nelson
Though pregnant with possibility, Motherhood fails to deliver. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
When it aims for humor, it feels overwrought and clichéd. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleAmy Biancolli
The movie's narrative tension hinges on, well, nothing. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichelle Orange
Dieckmann nails the look of a certain niche of urban neo-middle-class living, but the film's hyper-earnest tone and reliance on "day-from-hell" New York clichés overwhelm those details. Read full review
40
NPRElla Taylor
Motherhood doesn't really need a recession to call attention to its flaws. The movie's a perfect dud on its own terms. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
If Carrie Bradshaw ever trades her Manolos for sneakers and starts blogging about raising children, I pray she wouldn't be as tiresome as the heroine of Katherine Dieckmann's insufferable comedy Motherhood. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Has shockingly little to say. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
Invites the kind of judgment it condemns. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Dieckmann fails to notice that Thurman doesn’t have the comic chops for the material--she comes off more like a self-pitying loser than a witty, put-upon everywoman. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Thurman is bespectacled again for Motherhood, and it saddens me to report that neither she nor this comedy turns into more than an argument against procreation. Read full review
20
Time OutNick Schager
It’s a judgmental tale whose only payoff is carpe diem drivel. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Motherhood's litany of complaints and trite comedy-drama comes off as thin, and targeted, as a flyer for The Children's Place. Read full review
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