INFAMOUS MOVIE MOMS

 

 

 

AS WE CELEBRATE THIS MOTHER'S DAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME AND GO DOWN MEMORY LANE TO COMMEMARATE THE MOST INFAMOUS OF MOM ROLES PLAYED ON THE BIG SCREEN!!!!!!

 

 

BABY MOMMA

 

 

 

Who can forget the hilarious comedy movie released in April of 2008!!!  Stereotypical movie title but showcased the comical side to having a surrogate mother as funny as actress Amy Poehler who pretends to be pregnant for actress Tina Fey!!  All in all both when by the end of the movie ended up with their own families and each other!!

 

 

 

 

SOUL FOOD

 

 

One of the most family orientated all African American cast movie is Soul Food released in 1997.  This movie was a realistic depiction of what families go through good and bad and a perfect example for Mother Day in that the one thing that held the family together was "Big Momma".

 

 

 

 

 

STEP MOM

 

 

 

We have mothers, grandmothers, and then there is STEPMOM!  This movie released Christmas of 1998 put to rest the stereotype that stepmothers were evil.  Instead this movie showed Julia Roberts who played the stepmother as she learns to fit in with her husbands children and ex wife as they are soon to be wed and Susan Sarandon who played the mom who is faced with a life threatening disease and her husbands new fiancé!  Though sounding like a difficult situation both woman handled the task tearfully yet joyfully.

 

 THE BLIND SIDE

 

 

This movie released in 2009 and also based on a true story shed light on the character of what a mother is.  Mothers are not necessarily, in every situation, the person who gave birth to you.  A lot of times its the woman who took that role in caring and raising you.  This movie showcased this to PERFECTION, you hear me.  It follows Sandra Bullock as a mom of two who takes in a homeless high school boy.  She took this boy into her home and heart and showed the world what the true definition of a mother is!

 

CROOKLYN

 

 

 

If you want to know what life is like being raised in an African American household back in the 1970's this is your hit!!  This classic Spike Lee film shows the ups and downs of a family (Alfre Woodard who plays the mother along with her husband played by Delroy Lindo and their four children) living in BedStuy Brooklyn, New York.  Alfre Woodard works a 9-5, cooks and cleans for and behind four children, while dealing with the stresses of every day life.  This movie shows the strength of a mom in what she does and sacrifices for her family.

 

 

 

ERIN BROCKOVICH

 

 

 

Julia Robert couldn't have done a better job at this one released March 14, 2000!  Showing the sacrifices that mothers make to provide for their children Julia plays an employee for a law firm that is trying to provide evidence and prove that local plant is contaminating the water supply which is causing sickness and fatality in the town which she resides.  While she faces many hardships with working this case she remains strong in being mom to her children and a great aide to her community.

 

 

 

ENOUGH

 

 

 

Released May,24,2002 Jennifer Lopez plays a woman who flees from a domestic violent relationship in order to live a normal life as a single parent with her daughter.  As she is on the run from a man who seems to find her everywhere she goes she eventually builds the strength to stop running and face the issue at hand.  This role depicted how strong and protective a mother is especially when it comes to her child or children.

 

THE HELP

 

 

This movie represents a mother in two different point of views.  Having been released August 9, 2011 this movie depicts the lives and realities of African American a little before and during the civil rights movement in the south.  You have two mother roles in this movie where Octavia Spencer, Mrs Minny,  plays mom to her own children at home while having to wait on hand and foot for someone else and their family.  She deals with hardships at home while dealing with the difficulties of society.  On the other hand this movie represents "the mother" in a way where Viola Davis, the actress who plays Aibileen, plays a maid to a family also.  While have lost her own only child she has cared for others children for long periods of times and for so many years thus being their secondary or in some cases primary care giver. 

 

 

 HAVE A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!!!!!!