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MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS Send This Review to a Friend
There is something disconcertingly contemporary about the film “Mothers and Daughters,” directed by Paul Duddridge and released just before Mother’s Day. The mother and daughter conversations dealing with assorted issues take place mostly via Skype or cell phones rather than with face-to-face, in-person meetings.
Is this what technology has wrought? Perhaps Duddridge is trying to make a point, but it casts a chill over the idea of mothers and daughters attempting to bridge tensions.
The film is essentially a 90-minute soap opera. We meet the various characters, played by a cast that includes Eva Amurri Martino, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Sharon Stone, Mira Sorvino and Courteney Cox. By the way, Sarandon is the real-life mother of Martino.
Despite the huge dose of angst depicted, there is very little emotional impact, hardly enough to make one care about most of the character assortment.
The most emotional impact comes from Sarandon, given her special acting skills. When she speaks, she projects genuine sincerity that reaches us in a way most of the mother-daughter blather doesn’t.
My advice to mothers and daughters on this upcoming holiday: If at all possible, talk things over in person, not by looking at a computer screen or dialing a phone number. A Screen Media Films release. Reviewed May 6, 2016.
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