Margo Martindale as Florence 'Flo', Gabi and Jesse's mother and Earl’s wife.

Héctor Elizondo as Ramon Navarro / Lance Wallace, Miranda's agent.

Jack Whitehall as Zack Zimm, Kristin's boyfriend and Katie's father.

Britt Robertson as Kristin, Miranda's daughter, Zack's girlfriend, and Katie's mother.

Shay Mitchell as Tina, Henry's new wife and Mikey and Peter's stepmother.

Timothy Olyphant as Henry, Tina’s husband, Sandy's ex-husband, and Mikey and Peter's father.

Jason Sudeikis as Bradley Barton, a widower, Vicky and Rachel’s father and Dana’s husband.

Julia Roberts as Miranda Collins, Kristin's birth mother.

Kate Hudson as Jesse, Russell’s wife, Gabi’s sister, Tanner's mother, and Earl and Florence’s daughter.

Jennifer Aniston as Sandy Newhouse, Henry's ex-wife and Mikey and Peter's mother.

Helping her get unstuck from a vending machine, combined with his daughters' encouragement, Bradley finally starts to see her in a positive light. She's there because of her younger son's asthma attack, he because of a mishap in the Mother's Day party he was throwing which ended with his going to the hospital for a broken leg. Sandy and Bradley meet again by chance in the hospital. Later on, the families including his mom, who flies in from Vegas, celebrate Mother's Day with a picnic in the park. Jesse and Gabi's parents ambush them and their partners on their camper-van, and with Russell's mom's help through Skype, force him to make up with Jesse. Their making up leads to Kristin asking Zach to marry her on air and marrying on the same day, so Miranda can participate.

When their racist, homophobic parents, Earl and Florence, unexpectedly show up, they have to come to terms with who their daughters are and the partners they have chosen.Īs she's in Atlanta promoting her latest book, Miranda, an accomplished author and television personality, gets a surprise visit from Kristin, who is her daughter who she was forced to give her up for adoption at birth, as she was very young.

Her sister Gabi is married to her wife Max and has a son, Charlie. Jesse is married and has a son, Tanner, with Russell, who is Indian. Jesse also happens to be Sandy's best friend. She considers her life incomplete and her friend Jesse encourages her to search for her birth mother. Kristin, adopted from birth, has her own daughter, Katie, and mulls over marrying the father of her child, Zack.

Bradley's wife Dana, a Marine Lieutenant, died a year previously, leaving him with their two daughters, Vicky and Rachel. Still getting used to this, she meets Bradley, a former Marine, in the supermarket. Sandy is a divorced mother of two sons, Mikey and Peter, whose ex-husband, Henry has recently married a younger woman, Tina. At the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards, Roberts and Hudson received nominations for Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress respectively.Īs Mother's Day nears, a group of seemingly-unconnected people in Atlanta come to terms with their relationships with their mothers. It was panned by critics and grossed $48 million worldwide. Mother's Day was theatrically released in the United States on April 29, 2016, by Open Road Films. It was the final film of Marshall's career prior to his death in July 2016 as well as the final film appearance of his sister Penny before her death in December 2018.

Filming began on August 18, 2015, in Atlanta. It features an ensemble cast including Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Shay Mitchell, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Timothy Olyphant, Britt Robertson, Jack Whitehall, Héctor Elizondo, and Margo Martindale. Mother's Day is a 2016 American romantic dramedy film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Marshall, Tom Hines, Lily Hollander, Anya Kochoff-Romano, and Matt Walker.

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