I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate this movie.
I'll probably watch it (when it comes out on Netflix), because I'm sort of masochistic that way. Like when I watched Twilight. I'm still mourning those lost couple of hours in my life.
But I can barely make it through this stupid trailer without cringing in disgust and annoyance.
WHY do we need yet another movie which stereotypes stay-at-home moms as incompetent and frazzled, barely able to walk down a grocery store aisle without looking like a drunken sailor?
WHY must all stay-at-home moms always be shown battling with an internal struggle, trying to justify the validity of their existence??
WHY are they always portrayed with ratty hair and frumpy clothes??? Have you seriously EVER accidentally left the house in your nightgown? Seriously?
And let me take a stab at how this little gem might end . . . Our poor, harried SAHM, after proving to the entire viewing public that her life really is a cesspool and there is no way anyone could possibly WANT to do what she does without an annual 6-digit compensation, will have a touching moment with her child (who, for the duration of the film, has been Satan reincarnate) and the movie will end with some gooey music as she tenderly embraces her precious family.
Yep, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to hate this movie. Why can't they make a movie about all the hip, with-it, intellegent women who choose to stay home with their kids - and (for the most part) like it?
I'll probably watch it (when it comes out on Netflix), because I'm sort of masochistic that way. Like when I watched Twilight. I'm still mourning those lost couple of hours in my life.
But I can barely make it through this stupid trailer without cringing in disgust and annoyance.
WHY do we need yet another movie which stereotypes stay-at-home moms as incompetent and frazzled, barely able to walk down a grocery store aisle without looking like a drunken sailor?
WHY must all stay-at-home moms always be shown battling with an internal struggle, trying to justify the validity of their existence??
WHY are they always portrayed with ratty hair and frumpy clothes??? Have you seriously EVER accidentally left the house in your nightgown? Seriously?
And let me take a stab at how this little gem might end . . . Our poor, harried SAHM, after proving to the entire viewing public that her life really is a cesspool and there is no way anyone could possibly WANT to do what she does without an annual 6-digit compensation, will have a touching moment with her child (who, for the duration of the film, has been Satan reincarnate) and the movie will end with some gooey music as she tenderly embraces her precious family.
Yep, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to hate this movie. Why can't they make a movie about all the hip, with-it, intellegent women who choose to stay home with their kids - and (for the most part) like it?
7 comments:
Mega-dittos!! But I must admit, when dropping Jacob off at school I have purposefully worn my jammies.
I hadn't heard of it until now. Looks like another one we can watch together and make fun of!
I have an idea, we should make a movie our lives! You'd be a great screen writer...it would be a hilarious movie. Think of the potential.
Did you hear about the latest $15,000 budget movie (horror flick or course) that is making millions?
AMEN Sista!!!
Um...speaking as one who has made more than her fair share of trips to the grocery store in pajama pants and a hoodie, I'm afraid I haven't been a very good example of the hip SAHMs you're describing.
But you make an excellent point. We aren't all frazzled nincompoops, raising brats while defending our decision to leave the "real" world in favor of the sell-out of full-time motherhood.
I think I'll Netflix it, too.
I really want to see it now that I saw the preview. I have the left the house in a super big hurry at 730am for preschool, forgetting an important article of clothing. Maybe being the hip mom comes when you hit 40 ;) LOL!
At least they used Uma Thurman instead of some frump like Rosie O'Donnel.
I refuse to be a pathetic slob just because I don't work outside the home. I insist on looking put together and that my kiddos do to. Even if I don't leave the house or end up scrubbing 3 toilets! It is so annoying to me. I think that I will watch it when it gets to Redbox, and just make sure I'm not acting like her.
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