I have heard of bad films, every actor has a few, but this may have set a record. Seriously, this film is so bad that 12 people in England came out to see the priemere. It made a grand total of $130 (not a typo) it's opening weekend in the UK this past weekend. There are films made by students, appearing in a single theatre, without a single known actor, filled with bad writing and worse acting, that made more money last weekend.
In America, you might have missed the opening of the film. It wasn't in theaters long in 2009. It made all of $93,000 to date stateside. So far, with 5 more countries to preimere in, it has made a global total of $700,000. Which doesn't cover the cost of the posters most likely.
So you have to wonder how this film could have been so bad. What actively kept people away.
"Entertainment Weekly" speculates that "Motherhood"'s failure could be blamed on Thurman's dyed, bright-red hair..."
Yeah, red hair. That did it. Or, just maybe, it might have been reviews and word of mouth like this
"The problem I personally had with the movie is that I can't seem to categorize it. It's not a comedy, it's not a drama, it's not a love story, and it's definitely not a family movie. The only thing that comes to my mind is that it's perhaps a movie made for mothers who probably won't find to watch it, but if they do, it will make them feel better for a day or two...
Motherhood is extremely disappointing as a movie, especially if you weren't born with an uterus; instead of trying to diminish the fact that some mothers are indeed a little psycho, it creates even a bigger gap between the men and the women, between the fathers and the mothers."
No matter the reason, I think that Uma Thurman just may have set a record in Hollywood for an established international star. What a dubious honor indeed.
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