Mother and Child

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  • Opened May 7, 2010 
  • 2 hr 6 min
  • R | language, brief nudity and sexuality

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 17+. More on child suitability

  • The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen (Annette Bening) is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth (Naomi Watts) was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy (Kerry Washington) and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson
  • Director: Rodrigo García
  • Genres: Drama

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Still, the goodwill lingers, even though Mother and Child falls down, dies and is beginning to look a little green and stiff about 15 minutes before the finish line. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

While on its face, Mother and Child is about the impact of adoption, in its heart Garcia's movie reckons how consequential motherhood is in the calculus of womanhood. The fine actors show how we bond to those not related to us by blood - and also how we love. Bring Kleenex. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

In Mother and Child, he (Rodrigo Garcia) creates an emotional powerhouse. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Mother and Child is as tangled as the emotions that link parents and children. Read full review

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Annette Bening as Karen, Elpidia Carrillo as Sofia, Simone Lopez as Cristi and Jimmy Smits as Paco in "Mother and Child."