Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, shown in the trials and tribulations of one pivotal day.
The humor is soft, the dramas are small, and the movie stumbles from loose and scruffy naturalism to sitcom tidiness.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
23 Oct 2009
rotten:
Unfortunately, nothing here digs too deep.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
23 Oct 2009
rotten:
Motherhood gives upper-middle-class whining a bad name.
– Michael Phillips,
At the Movies,
26 Oct 2009
rotten:
Whiny and self-involved, Thurman's mother of two sees judgment around every corner and believes the universe has conspired against her because the bakery misspelled her daughter's name on a birthday cake.
– Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec 2009
rotten:
I wouldn't care if she was at the epicentre of the movement for global peace: she's a happily married mother who looks like Uma Thurman, and my reserves of sympathy are limited.