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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireDavid HughesEmpireDavid HughesA nasty little chiller from the Saw director with the evergreen De Mornay on top form.
- 60Total FilmJamie GrahamTotal FilmJamie GrahamToo long and with too many characters to get through, Mother's Day holds effective sequences, ramming home its (recycled) message: the animal lurks in us all.
- 60Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonMother's Day is distinguished, at least, by De Mornay's porcelain-smile lampoon of castigating matriarchy.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisCrisply shot and surprisingly well acted, Mother's Day suffers from an overly long script (a tornado hovers off screen to no apparent purpose) and annoying glitches in continuity.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWhen Rebecca De Mornay shows up as the criminals' fiercely doting matriarch, the ready crackle of her studiously demonic performance brings welcome distraction from this otherwise crude litany of torture and wretched death.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAn ingenious idea for a suspense thriller – or maybe even an old-fashioned, "Wait Until Dark"-style stage play – turns out instead to be the pretext for a crass, over-long and tiresome splatter nightmare.
- 0Slant MagazineSlant MagazineA home-invasion film like Mother's Day is elongated coitus interruptus.