It's a nice film, but most likely not to be remembered after it's opening day.

| Aug 6, 2018

Mothers and Daughters has so many clichés about the meaning of femininity that it's hard to keep track.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 2, 2016

There's no chance of genuine emotional investment in these characters amid the aggressively heavy-handed contrivances, trite platitudes and eye-rolling conflict resolutions.

| Jun 17, 2016

Just in time for Mother's Day, a film you should take Mom to...if you hate her.

| May 9, 2016

The big problem is twofold: there are too many characters to keep up with, played by too many women who look too much alike.

| May 6, 2016

First-time feature director Paul Duddridge seems determined to keep things superficial, while Paige Cameron's uninspired dialogue hardly helps.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 6, 2016

Some drinking, drugs in overwrought all-star drama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 6, 2016

Do mom a favor and skip it.

| Original Score: D | May 6, 2016

It's like somebody has some kind of personal vendetta against Moms with all the crappy movies being made about them.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2016

Some understated and affecting moments

| Original Score: B | May 5, 2016

"Mothers and Daughters" is full of recognizable stars and heartfelt conversations. Unfortunately, it's largely devoid of the kind of character development that can give such conversations real impact.

| May 5, 2016

Because so few movies focus on stories about women, it's incredibly frustrating to see this strong cast drifting away on a tide of soap bubbles - there's no movie here, just scene after scene of melodramatic cliché.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 5, 2016

A lightly entertaining portrait of different types of mother-daughter relationships.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 5, 2016

Somehow channeling the tone of both a Lifetime movie and an after-school special, "Mothers and Daughters" shambles into theaters oozing schlock and melodrama, just in time for Mother's Day.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 5, 2016

I predict that within a decade, "Mother's and Daughters" will be mandatory viewing at film schools across the country. There are precious few such perfect examples of how not to make a film.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 5, 2016

While Mothers and Daughters is not a great movie by any measure, for an ensemble feature tied to Mother's Day, it certainly could have been a lot worse.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 5, 2016

Director Paul Duddridge gives us just glimpses of these stories, and the narratives either resolve too easily or peter out. A peripheral piece about a pop star and his mother comes out of nowhere.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 4, 2016

Not the most consistent effort, but when it endeavors to find the truth of the moment, celebrating communication and the indefatigable care of parenthood, "Mothers and Daughters" locates appealing insight.

| Original Score: B- | May 4, 2016

This is the type of criss-crossing, female-centric project filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia excelled with in "Mother and Child" and "Nine Lives," but director Paul Duddridge doesn't seem to have a clue how to tell a story or create visual interest.

| Original Score: D | May 2, 2016

A 90-minute bore. Many of the scenes take place either on the phone or via FaceTime, so you don't even get the pleasure of seeing these talented actresses onscreen together sometimes.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 2, 2016