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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterNeither earth-shaking nor profound, but it has considerable charm, thanks to an appealing cast and some sharply witty observations about the pressures of child-rearing in Manhattan.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanParenthood seems only half aware of Eliza's REAL problem: that she thinks she's superior to the choices she's made.
- 50VarietyVarietyThough pregnant with possibility, Motherhood fails to deliver.
- 50USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigWhen it aims for humor, it feels overwrought and clichéd.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleThe movie's narrative tension hinges on, well, nothing.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceDieckmann nails the look of a certain niche of urban neo-middle-class living, but the film's hyper-earnest tone and reliance on "day-from-hell" New York clichés overwhelm those details.
- 30The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottHas shockingly little to say.
- 25The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsDieckmann fails to notice that Thurman doesn’t have the comic chops for the material--she comes off more like a self-pitying loser than a witty, put-upon everywoman.
- 25Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThurman is bespectacled again for Motherhood, and it saddens me to report that neither she nor this comedy turns into more than an argument against procreation.