Mother’s Day Movie Tribute

Today we celebrate all the great mothers out there with our phone calls, Facebook messages, and tweets. And, today on the movie blog, I take a brief trip down film history lane bringing you the best and worst when it comes to mothers…

Or “mamas” with Sally Field’s wonderful performance as mama to Forrest Gump…

There’s the single mom doing her best to better herself and her children’s lives, like Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich…

There’s the teenage mom who comes to learn the joys of motherhood like Ellen Page as Juno…

And there’s the always supportive mom who, even when she doesn’t agree with her kids actions, still loves them unconditionally, like Frances McDormand in Almost Famous:

This brings to the moms in film history representing the dark side of motherhood. There’s the overprotective mom as shown by Piper Laurie in Carrie:

There’s the mom whose wild ambitions for her children screw them up for life, like Meryl Streep in The Manchurian Candidate:

Of course, there’s also just the completely crazy moms who hate wire hangers, like Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest:

And, finally, well there’s this mom:

So here’s hoping your mama is more like Forrest Gump’s and less like Norman Bates’s! And Happy Mother’s Day to all the Forrest Gump-like mamas in the world, including my wonderful mother!