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I tried the best I could to come up with my favorite "Mom Movie" of all time and for me--it was impossible to whittle it down any farther than to my top four--number one favorites. Sorry--I've never been so good at playing ultimate favorites. The world is just too big for that. That said, here you are...
Perhaps I love this one because the mom (Susan Sarandon) is a playful, quirky, childlike mom who in the midst of a huge family crisis only gets...quirkier--which is fine with me. In fact, I can quickly and easily relate to this mom in a dozen directions because motherhood isn't about always behaving properly. In fact, sometimes instinctive, "monster-mother" is pretty close to perfect.
Oooh, this is a good one. Of course, you have to resign yourself to an hour and a half stomachache, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more ferocious, protective mama than Jodi Foster. Dang tense, but incredibly satisfying.
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My favorite lines from this movie are, "I'm his mother and I lie to him...every day.""No. You protect him. Every day." Doesn't hurt one bit that the last line is spoken by Gerard Butler in a thick Scottish accent. Sweet, sweet movie.
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My favorite lines from this movie are, "I'm his mother and I lie to him...every day.""No. You protect him. Every day." Doesn't hurt one bit that the last line is spoken by Gerard Butler in a thick Scottish accent. Sweet, sweet movie.
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Even though the mama in this film doesn't realize that she is the mama for the first part of the movie--once she is aware that her child is out there, somewhere--there is nothing that will stand in her way to prevent her from finding him and claiming him. If you believe in the mother-child connection, as I do--this is exactly how you want her to behave.
Happy Mom's Day
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