Why you can trust 12DOVE
“I consider myself a reasonably sane mother,” snorts Daphne (Diane Keaton). Her behaviour, alas, tells a different story, the nearly-60 mom-of-three stomping over boundaries in crazed pursuit of a suitable love-match for her klutzy youngest, Milly (Mandy Moore). Further than ever from his Heathers heyday, helmer Michael Lehmann shrugs out a wrong-com as shrill, overbearing and cuckoo-brained as Daphne herself.
The family pooch bags a bigger role than middle daughter Piper Perabo as the plot mechanics clunk into place: yuppie architect Tom Everett Scott minds Milly breaking stuff while shaggy rocker Gabriel Macht doesn’t. Goodness, who will she choose? Most shameful of all is the sight of Keaton pratfalling through a series of mainly laughless internet, massage and cake-based blunders. If you’re a mother or a daughter some of it may resonate, but how apt that this painful, toothless farce was originally dreamt up at the dentist…
The Total Film team are made up of the finest minds in all of film journalism. They are: Editor Jane Crowther, Deputy Editor Matt Maytum, Reviews Ed Matthew Leyland, News Editor Jordan Farley, and Online Editor Emily Murray. Expect exclusive news, reviews, features, and more from the team behind the smarter movie magazine.
A legendary twinblade might be Shadow of the Erdtree's "most-hidden weapon," but Dark Souls 2 Pickaxe fans would like to have a word about that
"Metal Gear is dead, and you killed it" - MGS3 remake producer shares the "honest opinions" fans have sent Konami about the revival
After just two weeks, Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance enters Steam's highest-rated JRPG chart