#79: Who is the worst movie mom?
Yesterday we celebrated great moms but today, let’s go the other way and talk about some crappy ones.
Who is the worst movie mom?
Fight it out.
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Notes:
Only movies will qualify (no TV shows, or documentaries); however, films that air on television or streaming (BBC films, a stand-alone mini-series) will qualify.
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There are plenty of bad moms in The Help but I'll choose Jolene. Not only does she publicly shame and neglect he daughter as standard practice - letting her lay in a wet diaper all night long, for example - but she emotionally traumatizes her daughter by spitefully removing the only person who ever loved her (her nanny) out of her life under orders from a friend.
As much as I love the 1998 "The Parent Trap" and all the performances and really every little detail ... if you make the mistake of thinking about it, here's a mom who abandoned one of her daughters basically on a coin flip; went more than a decade with no relationship, no contact, and no clue to her other daughter that there's a twin sister out there; then when the other twin comes home from camp she has no clue that this isn't the preteen she's raised from infancy; and when she does find out, despite claiming "I've loved you your whole life," she's pretty set on ditching the kid again with a once-a-year visit. (Same goes for dad, of course, but that'll have to wait 'til June.)