Familia

About "women" more than mothers and daughters
I have seen this twice. It is an enjoyable story about women, who happen to have children. I wouldn't say it is specifically about mothers and daughters....as there are themes of addiction, cheating, and adolescence going on too.

A good chick flick for sure.

Is the lack of stability in a family nature or nurture?
This is a very well written and well acted film about mothers trying to keep their families together despite all the pressures that come to bear on relationships between adults and kids. As a parent of an adolescent girl, I found the performances and questions around the young teens particularly interesting. The central question is whether you can do anything "right" when you're raising a family or whether it is better to be true to whom you are, which a result of genetics and environment is clearly. The two women find themselves in untenable situations that are probably no fault of their own, but must climb out of such dilemmas in less than graceful ways. The other reviews emphasize this as a "chick flick" but I'm one single dad who really enjoyed it. The gender issue in film that seems to make something a "chick flick" seems to be that women are helped by other women (mothers, sisters, friends) when they hit bottom, men are presented as negligent, absent, distant, avoidant, violent,...

very very good film! Highly recommended
Excellent story, wonderful acting!

The plot is very well written and developed,
the relationships between women of different generations, and even men and women are presented in an exquisite way!

For me, a little bonus was the very cute way the Canadians speak French, very enjoyable nasal pronunciation :P

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