Helen Hunt, an adopted child, and Matthew Broderick are teachers who marry during the credits and separate minutes later. Colin Firth, a divorced parent, and Bette Midler, Hunt's natural mother, enter their lives and....well you can guess what happens.
No real surprises here. Based on a novel it is a Woody Allen type film without Allen's influences. Bette Midler does her best to tone down her aggressiveness but remains a suffocating presence.
Not as bad as I was expecting from the lukewarm reviews but an acquired taste nonetheless.
Thank you for another film recommendation for my Netflix queue. I adore Bette Midler and her "aggressiveness" and "suffocating presence". Some people are just too big for the space they occupy in the world!
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