Mother's Day (2010)

Release date: 2011-05-05
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Production Co: LightTower Entertainment, Widget Films, Sierra / Affinity
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Rating: 6.3/10
Length: 1h 52min

Storyline

Three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. Mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons' escape, teaching the house's new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way.

Plot Keywords

dysfunctional family, home invasion, hostage, domineering mother, punishment, torture, revenge, desperation, manipulation, overbearing mother, body in a trunk, brother sister relationship, news report, single mother, automated teller machine, stabbed in the chest, face slap, shot in the face, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship

Short Review

Stuffed with secrets and characters who can't wait to betray one another, the film offers no one to root for except Mother, whose perverted family values at least remain consistent.