Movie Mother's Day, Story, Trailers | Times of India

Story: Mother’s Day sees a small group of unconnected people try to mend relationships with their respective mothers and daughters. Sandy (Anniston) tries to be a better mom to her kids after her divorce from Henry (Olyphant). Successful writer Miranda (Roberts) is estranged from her daughter Kristin (Robertson). And free-spirited Jesse (Hudson) tries to reconnect with her own mother.Review: It’s a bit surprising to see a director like Garry Marshall, who has a resume that dates way back to the 60s, now immerse himself in this kind of confection (literally, for the number of doughnuts, desserts and M&M candy references you’ll see in this movie), which strives to make you sentimental about your mother, with an overloaded cast of characters, for two hours.(##include msid=28886862,type=9 ##)First, the good bits. Julia Roberts still has it. She’s still got the kind of smile that can brighten up a room and warm the coldest of hearts. And when we do see her on screen, she owns it. Incidentally, if you’re a diehard Pretty Woman fan, you might notice a line in the film, where Roberts’ best-known movie is referenced. Elizondo (who plays Lance Wallace, a celebrity manager) who also co-starred with Roberts in Pretty Woman makes a pointed reference to that flick with a comment about dinner table etiquette regarding salad forks. Elsewhere, Sudeikis provides for the majority of the humour quotient.And then, the not-so-good bits; it’s a tad unfortunate to see Aniston hamming it up to the high heavens, doing what she has been doing in rom-coms since, well, forever. Then there’s a standup British comedian who is Miranda’s daughter Kristin’s partner, and they have a baby. They both want to get married but Kristin is confused about her identity. Sounds confusing? You bet it is, and needlessly so. Blame the poor editing for not stitching together a film that has several parallel – albeit, pretty simple – stories but no coherent flow that holds it all together.All said and done, the two strongest points of this film would basically be Julia Roberts and a bit of slapstick humour.