Since Mother's Day is now approaching, let's discuss, what are some of your favorite mother role performances?
Or mother-daughter mother-son movies?
Discuss.
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Please consider the following performances:
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) Julia Louis Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine) Steve Carell (The Office) Hugh Laurie (House) Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
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Here is EW's list of 20 Great Movies to Watch with Mom this Mother's Day:
I'll just say the name of the moms.
Moonstruck Finding Neverland Aliens Terms of Endearment My Big Fat Greek Wedding The Secret of Nimh The Queen Steel Magnolias Bend it Like Beckham Little Miss Sunshine The Others The Joy Luck Club The Family Stone The Namesake, Tabu Father of the Bride Kill Bill Volume 2 Freaky Friday A Raisin in the Sun Real Women Have Curves Mrs. Miniver
FYC EMMY VOTERS!!!
Please consider the following performances:
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) Julia Louis Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine) Steve Carell (The Office) Hugh Laurie (House) Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
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EW included 5 movies that must not be seen on Mother's Day
it has Mommie Dearest Thirteen
I forgot the other three.
Haha. What are some of the best mother performances you've seen?
FYC EMMY VOTERS!!!
Please consider the following performances:
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) Julia Louis Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine) Steve Carell (The Office) Hugh Laurie (House) Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
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I can't remember any other movie... I have a really bad memory.
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------------------------ "There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly. The... the other important joke, for me, is one that's usually attributed to Groucho Marx; but, I think it appears originally in Freud's "Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious," and it goes like this - I'm paraphrasing - um, "I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member." That's the key joke of my adult life, in terms of my relationships with women. " - Alvy Singer
Not a masterpiece by any means and quite flawed, but "Losing Isaiah" gets me every time as does "Stella." "Terms of Endearment," "Imitation of Life" (1959 version), and a pretty obscure Mexican film called "Rosas Blancas Para Mi Hermana Negra" (White Roses for my Black Sister) make up my own personal trifecta.
Veda annoyed me too much in "Mildred Pierce" to really care for that relationship.
I'll also add "To Each His Own."
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I think that "The Others" is great to see with mom to show how badly a man can behave, i guess...
My favourite Mom is
Auntie Mame... I know, I know she was the aunt but... she was like a mother.
Another example of perfect mom is Dustin Hoffmans´s Krammer vs Krammer...
My favourite mom (characters)
Anne Revere in National Velvet Toni Collette in 6th Sense Dianne Wiest in Parenhood Helen Mirren in Godsford Park Dumbo´s Mom in Dumbo. the mom in "Witness". Brenda Ficker or whatever is her surname in "My left Foot". Fritz dont dare to make any joke about that... i know what it can means in German.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in "Freaky Friday" Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment" Patricia Pillar in "Zuzu Angel" Toni Collette in "Little Miss Sunshine" Dira Paes in "2 Filhos de Francisco" Maia Morgenstern in "The Passion of the Christ" Marieta Severo in "Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára" John Travolta in "Hairspray" Frances O'Connor in "A.I. - Artificial Intelligence"
For Your Emmy Consideration: Kyra Sedgwick - Best Actress in a Drama Series "Damages" - Best Drama Series Zeljko Ivanek - Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Glynn Turman - Guest Actor in a Drama Series
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Originally posted by Kams: My favorite movie mothers:
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in "Freaky Friday" Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment" Patricia Pillar in "Zuzu Angel" Toni Collette in "Little Miss Sunshine" Dira Paes in "2 Filhos de Francisco" Maia Morgenstern in "The Passion of the Christ" Marieta Severo in "Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára" John Travolta in "Hairspray" Frances O'Connor in "A.I. - Artificial Intelligence"
I totally agree about Marieta Severo! I really like her!
------------------------ "There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly. The... the other important joke, for me, is one that's usually attributed to Groucho Marx; but, I think it appears originally in Freud's "Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious," and it goes like this - I'm paraphrasing - um, "I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member." That's the key joke of my adult life, in terms of my relationships with women. " - Alvy Singer
I just want to mention Meryl in One True Thing; she broke my heart and totally made me want to have her for a mother....
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*Sally Field in Steel Magnolias *Shirley McLaine in Terms Of Endearment and Evenign Star *Joan Chen in The Home Song Stories *Sigorney Weaver in Aliens 4 (well for those slightly twisted people out there) *Kirstie Ally For David's Mother (I know it is a TV movie)
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The Hours Marvin's Room One True Thing Music of the Heart... A Cry in the Dark Sophie's Choices <-- That's a hard one as a mother... River Wild The Devil Wears Prada (one of her best scene thinking about her twins...) Bridges of Madison County Kramer vs KRamer Afterburn Manchurian Candidate Prime
a great range of diferent kind of mother...
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I totally agree about Sally Field in "Steel Magnolias".
For Your Emmy Consideration: Kyra Sedgwick - Best Actress in a Drama Series "Damages" - Best Drama Series Zeljko Ivanek - Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Glynn Turman - Guest Actor in a Drama Series
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"Freaky Friday", I agree, is a great mother-daughter film. Frances McDormand in "Almost Famous" is a wonderful one-of-a-kind mom.
It can be surprising though, what "mother" films your kids like. "White Oleander" with Michelle Pfeiffer (I look like a really REALLY good mom in comparison, so I'm okay with it). "Bless the Child" with Kim Basinger (which they watch every Easter) - Basinger really fights for the good of the child, so I'm okay with that too...
For aunts as mother-types, I love Diane Wiest and Stockard Channing in "Practical Magic". And for a gruelling fascinating mother interpretation, I liked Tilda Swinton in "The Deep End".
