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'Mother's Day' (2016)

PG-13 | April 29, 2016 | 118 mins

Come celebrate the mother of all holidays.

Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse’s parents don’t know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Bradley is a widower who’s trying to raise two daughters on his own. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother’s Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

Cast:  Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson [+]
Director: Garry Marshall
Writers: Tom Hines, Anya Kochoff Romano, Matt Walker
Producers: Brandt Andersen, Howard Burd, Daniel Diamond, Mark DiSalle, Wayne Rice, Mike Karz
Cinematographer: John Debney
Editors: Bruce Green, Robert Malina
Music: Charles Minsky
Production Company: Capacity Pictures, Gulfstream Pictures, PalmStar Media

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Mother's Day
Release Date
April 29, 2016
Runtime
118 minutes
Distribution
Open Road Films
MPAA Rating
PG-13
Language
English
Country
United States
Filming Dates
August 18, 2015 – September 2015

Filming Locations
Location
Address
Film Relevance
Private Residence
644 Linwood Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Bradley’s house.
Private Residence
121 Wilton Dr, Decatur, Georgia
Jesse’s house.
Sprouts Farmers Market
5130 Peachtree Pkwy, Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Decatur Cemetery
229 Bell Street, Decatur, Georgia
Blueberry Hills Cemetery
The Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre
56 E Andrews Dr, Atlanta, Georgia
Buckhead Comedy Club
The Crossing of Norcross
40 S Peachtree St, Norcross, Georgia
Railroad Crossing Cafe
The Dunwoody Tavern
5488 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Dunwoody, Georgia
Shorty’s Saloon
North Soccer Field 2
Piedmont Park’s Active Oval Loop, Atlanta, Georgia
Lilian Webb Park
5 College St, Norcross, Georgia
Philips Arena
1 Philips Drive, Atlanta, Georgia
Historic Fourth Ward Park
691 Rankin St NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Four Seasons Hotel
75 14th St NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Workout Anytime
3000 Old Alabama Rd, Alpharetta, Georgia
Bradley’s gym.

Miranda: Tell me more about this tween and your ex-husband.
Sandy: Oh, yeah. Oh, I’m sure I exaggerated about that a little bit. I’m sure she’s older, but I’ll have a better idea once all the acne clears up.

Zack: My girlfriend is American, but she is desperate for our child to have a British accent. That’s all she wants. She won’t talk to our child, seriously. I have to read to Katie every night. All the other kids are watching Sesame Street. Our baby is sat down in front of Downton Abbey. You notice I say “girlfriend,” five years, we’re still not married, and, boy, have I asked. It was a struggle enough to get her to update her Facebook profile from “single.” I was like, “Five years, we have a child together. “Couldn’t you at least make it, ‘it’s complicated’?” And it makes it awkward, though, like, how do you introduce each other? When I introduce Kristin, I introduce her as the light of my life, the song of my soul, the mother of my child. And she introduces me as her roommate.

Kristin: I mean, I have her address, I just haven’t had the courage to contact her. I’m really scared.
Jesse: God, of course. That’s… Who wouldn’t be? I mean, that’s crazy. You don’t even know what she’s going to be like. You don’t even know your mother and she has this power over you. You’re going to have to face it sooner or later. You can do it.

Tina: Okay, is something wrong?
Sandy: Yes, something is wrong. I got here an hour early, so I could get a front row seat, and have a perfect camera angle and watch my children. And now you’re sitting right here next to me.
Tina: Because the seat was open.
Sandy: It was for my purse, my purse’s seat, okay? My purse’s seat is right here. God, you cannot just show up here late and then sit there. You just can’t do that. We need… We need boundaries. We need some rules, Tina.
Tina: Rules? Like, sitting in an open seat?
Sandy: I don’t know what the rules are yet, Tina. I don’t know what they are, but I just know we have them, and you’re breaking all of them.

Bradley: Where’d you hear that “pox on my whistle”? What’s that from?
Vicky: Shakespeare.
Bradley: Shakespeare, huh? William Shakespeare?
Vicky: No, Bob Shakespeare. Who else would it…

Rachel: Yeah, being sad all the time, obsessing over soccer so you can get closer to Mom, watching those videos over and over. She’s gone, Dad, and we’re all sad, but for how long? And acting like an asshole with that ref doesn’t help anyone.
Bradley: Hey, watch your language.
Rachel: You know what? Yeah, I cuss. That’s because I’m an unsupervised teen and while I’m at it, I don’t mind taking care of Vicky and doing all the housework and the cooking. Dad, I’m only 16, I have a life.

Bradley: Why are you here? Are you in the psychiatric wing?

  • Miranda’s (Julia Roberts) assistant in the movie is played by her real-life sister. The children in the wedding are her real-life children, Hazel, Phinneas, and Henry Moder.
  • Final movie from director Garry Marshall, who passed away shortly after the film’s release.
  • The train station’s sign says, “Today’s Special: Fried Green Tomatoes.” It is the exact location from the movie.
  • Julia Roberts earned $3 million for four days’ work.
  • Julia Roberts wears the same wig she wore in Notting Hill (1999) for a scene about a space movie. In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) in May 2016, Roberts said she was ”recycling”.
  • Director Garry Marshall makes a cameo as a bartender at the comedy club.
  • Hector Elizondo and Julia Roberts appeared together in Garry Marshall’s film Pretty Woman. In this film, their characters are at the train station restaurant, where they make a “salad fork” comment referencing their earlier film.
  • When comedians perform at the comedy club, Billy Crystal’s name is written on the wall where Jon Lovitz is sitting.
  • In the soccer scene, the Coach’s line — “Yeah, there’s no texting in soccer, okay? I mean, there’s running and jumping, eye contact, laughing, there’s even crying. There’s no texting.” — is a nod to Tom Hanks’ iconic quote, “There’s no crying in baseball,” from A League of Their Own (1992), which Penny Marshall directed and Garry Marshall had a supporting role.
Awards
Year
Recipient
Category
Result
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2017
Jennifer Aniston
Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
Winner
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2017
Julia Roberts
Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
Nominee
Hawaii Film Critics Society
2017
Mother’s Day
Worst Film of the Year
Nominee
Razzie Awards
2017
Julia Roberts
Worst Actress
Nominee
Razzie Awards
2017
Kate Hudson
Worst Supporting Actress
Nominee
Teen Choice Awards
2016
Mother’s Day
Choice Movie: Comedy
Nominee
Teen Choice Awards
2016
Jennifer Aniston
Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Nominee
Budget
$ 0
Box Office
$ 0

Videos

Mother's Day

15 Videos
Son
Artist
Length
Lyrics
Mom
Meghan Trainer
3:14
Lyrics
Photograph
Ed Sheeran
4:18
Winter Coat
Lucy Walsh
3:26
Lyrics
Back to Dixie
Jimmy Bo
2:58
Lyrics
You Belong To Me
Bryan Adams
2:30
Steal My Sunshine
Len
4:25
Lyrics
Irresistible
Sophia Joelle
4:13
Taps
Daniel Butterfield
1:44
Lyrics
Fish Out of Water
LeoSoul
2:57
Mother’s Day
Michelle Raitzin
3:49
Lyrics
Summer Romance
Jordan Kayne
2:33
Lyrics
Make it Red
Fitness
 
Safe in the Wild
Kueenz
 
Lyrics
Happy Mother’s Day
Samantha Schultz
 
Lyrics
Right Through You
Madison Bray
 
Lyrics
Just Play the Music
Lauryn Vyce
 
Lyrics
Be Bop
Dan Dee
 
Lyrics
This Ain’t As Easy As It Seems
Pilot Hill
 
Lyrics
M-O-T-H-E-R
Joseph Leo Bwarie
 
Corelli Concerto in D
Daniele Luppi
 
Lyrics
Forever
Scott Marshall
 
Lyrics
Mastermind
Decrypter
 
Lyrics
Momma Knows Best
Lucy Lebinsohn and Jeff Edwards
 
Lyrics
Wedding March for Guitar
Leon Karlsson And Michael Georgiades
 
Lyrics
Prelude in G for Guitar
Leon Karlsson And Michael Georgiades
 
Lyrics
Day Fresh
Ruden Ayala
 
Lyrics
Play Nice
Daniel Holter and Kyle White
 
Lyrics
Old Macdonald Had A Farm
Joseph Leo Bwarie
 
Lyrics
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