Academy Awards, USA 2014
| Nominated Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Meryl Streep |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Julia Roberts |
The Weinstein Company
Directed by John Wells
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Netflix)
When her alcoholic husband disappears, a middle aged woman suffering from cancer summons her three adult children to her remote home in Oklahoma. The arrive with boyfriends, husbands and children in tow, and proceed to let loose on each other over dinner. Family secrets are revealed, reach their boiling point and explode. Meryl Streep gives another phenomenal performance as the pill popping, overbearing mother... but gets a little too close to Mommie Dearest territory in my opinion. Her over-the-top portrayal induces tears and laughter, as do the plot twists, each more ludicrous than the last.
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