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Stepmums, alien mums, robot mums, vengeful mums: 7 films to watch this Mother’s Day
The Conversation, Vol.9 May 2025
2025
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
With Mother’s Day around the corner, you may be wondering what gift you’ll give mum – or any of the mums in your life. This year, why not skip the fancy dinner and offer one of the most precious gifts there is: quality time, in front of the TV.
When I asked seven experts what movies they’d recommend for Mother’s Day, I wasn’t expecting I, Tonya or Alien: Romulus – but their responses have made me realise just how multifaceted the experience of motherhood is, and how weirdly and wonderfully it can be reflected onscreen.
So here’s what to watch if you want to laugh, cry, or scream, in an ode to mothers everywhere.
Details
- Title
- Stepmums, alien mums, robot mums, vengeful mums: 7 films to watch this Mother’s Day
- Authors
- Jessica Gildersleeve - University of Southern QueenslandKate Cantrell - University of Southern QueenslandKathleen Williams - University of TasmaniaPanizza Allmark - Edith Cowan UniversityRebecca Beirne - University of Newcastle AustraliaRuari Elkington - Queensland University of TechnologySusan Hopkins - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.9 May 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.effckgp7d
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991131905302621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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