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Mother and Child

Mother and Child is a heartfelt trio of stories with adoption at their heart that eventually intersect although some more predictably than others. Annette Bening is Karen, a bitter 52 year old woman who lives with her aged mother Nora (Eileen Ryan). Karen has used the world as her whipping boy since having to give up her daughter who was conceived when she was only 14. Today that daughter is Elizabeth (Naomi Watts) now 37. Even though she grew up in a loving home adoption has left her damaged, an affliction that she actually uses to her advantage in making herself a legal superstar at her current law firm  headed by Paul (Samuel L. Jackson). While Elizabeth barters promiscuity in the bedroom as well as the boardroom Karen manages to do a one-eighty on the attitude through the help of Paco (Jimmy Smits) a smitten co-worker as well as Sofia (Elpidia Carrillo) her mother’s care giver. This leads Karen to finally seek out Elizabeth which sets in motion her encounter with Lucy (Kerry Washington) and Joseph (David Ramsey) an infertile couple desperate to adopt. With the clinic in acting displayed by Bening and Watts in bringing this exceptional script to life this film may spur some long memories come Academy Awards time.

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