Review of Mother's Day (2016) by Jacob B — 13 May 2017
After Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve, I finally wrap up director Garry Marshall's unofficial trilogy of holiday-themed romantic comedies (and cover his last film in general before he passed away on July 19, 2016) with Mother's Day.
Like its...uh...predecessors...the film stars a talented cast, has intermittent humour mainly coming from Margo Martindale and is eager to please with its charm. However, the film also feels pretty boring.
There is nothing that truly sucks the viewer into at least one of the stories. Some cheap tension in the third act but that's about it. While Martindale was, for me, still the funniest character the racist term against Indians isn't something that can be easily forgiven and once again it's ultimately forgettable, I mean, the most memorable thing in the actual film is Julia Roberts' wig seeing as how the Internet was mostly more amused with the wig than the actual film.
Once again, stick with Love Actually. At least now I'm done with this damn "trilogy".
This review of Mother's Day (2016) was written by Jacob B on 13 May 2017.
Mother's Day has generally received negative reviews.
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