{"id":456,"date":"2016-05-02T09:32:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T09:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=456"},"modified":"2016-11-22T08:28:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T08:28:12","slug":"its-mothers-day-at-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/05\/its-mothers-day-at-the-movies.html","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day at the movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie commentary\/review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garry Marshall has been directing movies about special days recently. Whatever the reason for that, I do not know, but it has a nice cogency about it. His last two movies were New Year\u2019s Eve and Valentine\u2019s Day and his latest is called Mother\u2019s Day<\/span><\/strong> (2016, USA).<\/p>\n

Marshall also has a penchant for directing movies about women, as well as special calendar days.<\/p>\n

One of his most popular films was Pretty Woman which starred Julia Roberts as an escort to a business man played by Richard Gere. Pretty Woman was tasteful despite the borderline premise.<\/p>\n

Tasteful typifies Marshall\u2019s brand of comedy and love story. Marshall prefers feelings and sentiment or heart-to-heart. It\u2019s a style that has won him an audience and in the case of Pretty Woman a lucrative one.<\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s Day features a big cast like an ensemble in a Robert Altman or Woody Allen film, but without the sophistication.<\/p>\n

In Mother\u2019s Day, several stories about mothers and children lead up to a Mother\u2019s Day event.<\/p>\n

Miranda (Julia Roberts) is career-minded and focused and life revolves around work at the expense of a social life. Things gets complicated around Mother’s Day for her.<\/p>\n

Kristin (Britt Robertson) and Zack (Jack Whitehall) are living together with child, but Zack wants marriage. Kristin is holding back for personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Jesse (Kate Hudson) has been keeping secrets from her husband Russell (Aasif Mandiv). Jesse\u2019s Texan parents Flo (Margo Martindale) and Earl (Robert Pine) are largely the reason for the secrecy, but they are coming to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day. Things will get complicated in familiar ways.<\/p>\n

By far, the best thing in Mother’s Day is the story of Sandy (Jennifer Aniston).<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Aniston (Pictured) in 2009, stars in Mother’s Day. Image sourced via google images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sandy was married to Henry (Timothy Olyphant) who has a new and younger partner, Tina (Shay Mitchell). Sandy\u2019s children\u2014Mikey (Caleb Brown) and Peter (Brandon Spink)\u2014are in and out of her life.<\/p>\n

Aniston brings humanity to her role. Sandy struggles with being second fiddle in Henry\u2019s life, but she has resilience and doesn\u2019t lose the plot despite being suddenly single.<\/p>\n

Most of all, she\u2019s a mother who indescribably loves her children.<\/p>\n

The true touch in the film is when undervalued and overworked Sandy is given her Mother\u2019s Day\u2019s gifts, a makeshift card and a Mr. Potato head. They are hardly wonderful gifts, but Sandy takes it with grace and love.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Mother\u2019s Day celebrates mothers in a sentimental, warm fuzzy and good natured way. Mothers can love unconditionally even when the quality of giving to them is mediocre at best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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