Motherhood (2009) Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 9 Critic Reviews
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The Hollywood Reporter | Stephen FarberAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Parenthood seems only half aware of Eliza's REAL problem: that she thinks she's superior to the choices she's made.Read the full review

Variety | Rob NelsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Though pregnant with possibility, Motherhood fails to deliver.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

When it aims for humor, it feels overwrought and clichéd.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Amy BiancolliAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie's narrative tension hinges on, well, nothing.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

Has shockingly little to say.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Glenn WhippAdd Critic to Favorites

Invites the kind of judgment it condemns.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

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