The Good Mother

1988

Action / Drama / Romance

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 28% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 1905 1.9K

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Plot summary

After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.

Director

Leonard Nimoy Photo
Leonard Nimoy

Top cast

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Matt Damon as Extra
Liam Neeson Photo
Liam Neeson as Leo Cutter
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Ben Affleck as
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Zachary Bennett as Young Bobby
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1 hr 44 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

The Good Mother" is a bold and daring

"The Good Mother" is a bold and daring film that raises a lot of issues but unfortunately only resolves some of them satisfactorily. For a Hollywood movie from a major studio it touches on some very adult themes, and I appreciated its frankness. Screenwriter Michael Bortman doesn't shy away from the taboo subject matter; instead he tackles it head on and that was something I admired. However, you can't help but continually questioning the character's judgment, so much so that it begins to eat away at the picture's credibility. Diane Keaton seems to elect her own happiness over what's best for her daughter, and her and her co-star Liam Neeson maddeningly say every wrong thing they can in the courtroom. There's no way the movie coule end any other way than it does, and once again I applaud the sense of realism, but you still have to challenge these people's warped way of thinking. Keaton gives a predictably strong lead performance, but Bortman never seems to have her best interest in mind. Still, I was intrigued in the proceedings and found the film to be very refreshing in so many ways. The premise involved me, and I was more than willing to follow this every step of the way. Once you get past the baffling opening ten minutes that focus on Keaton's childhood, that is. I'm still not sure what that was supposed to tell us. There is an interesting story here, and "The Good Mother" has a lot going for it, but it also leaves a lot of unanswered questions in its wake. Like its characters, it makes one bad judgment call too many.
Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

Can a court determine how we should live

Can a court determine how we should live, how we should love, how we should raise our children? Anna Dunlap wants to be a good mother The late actor-director Leonard Nimoy helms Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson based on the novel by Sue Miller Keaton plays Anna, she has a daughter, Molly but the father is out of the picture Years go by and they both live in Boston Anna falls for a man named Leo But trouble starts when her ex-husband returns and sues for custody of their daughter over an accusation Anna and Leo are caught in the middle of a dispute This explores feelings and beliefs about children's exposure to adult sexuality and challenges society's growing reliance on the courts to settle matters A lot of this is a courtroom drama so that may be less exciting for certain viewers I half expected this to just focus on Keaton and Neeson and the child, plus the ending is a downer But the performances are wonderful even if it feels like a Lifetime feature
Reviewed by Steve D 4 / 10

Frustrating but never quite as powerful as it

Frustrating but never quite as powerful as it thinks it is.
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