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Mother's Day (2010)

Mother's Day poster
Directed by
Darren Lynn Bouseman
Genre
horror film, slasher film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 469 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three brothers botch a bank robbery and flee to their mother's house. They find the home has been foreclosed on and new owners have moved in. The brothers take the new owners and their guests hostage, and the mother takes charge of the situation.

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What happens

Mother's Day is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. It is a loose remake of Charles Kaufman's Mother's Day and was written by Scott Milam and produced by Brett Ratner. The film stars Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Briana Evigan, Patrick Flueger, Deborah Ann Woll, Matt O'Leary, Jessie Rusu and Shawn Ashmore. The film is about three brothers who fail to rob a bank then run to their mother so she can help them get away. The brothers discover that their mother has lost her house in a foreclosure. The brothers hold the new owners and their guests hostage. When their mother arrives, she takes control of the situation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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