Motherland

2017
8| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.

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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
matildenunemn Julia is a relatable, slightly neurotic working mom, whose annoying mother has suddenly quit looking after her kids. She'll have to face motherhood all by herself, and learn to deal with a number of hilarious challenges, such as pretensious full time moms or ridiculous school events. This show is comedy gold. Anna Maxwell Martin's facial expressions and occasional nervous breakdowns are priceless. I honestly lost it at the "Bop It" scene in the pilot, and have kept laughing steadily throughout the entire series. Every character is incredibly funny and well written, and the accents just make it all better (I'm not from the UK, so I'm biased though). Although there is a storyline, each episode tells a different story, so it's even more entertaing and it never gets boring. To sum up, one of the best comedy series I've watched in a while, looking forward to the next season!
shaneshoots A London state school with a 'no musilms' policy and blacks allowed in only if they've attained something near to middle-class status (and promise to be mostly silent throughout).In this London the white upper middle-class mothers, living in houses valued at around £2,000,000, pour scorn on their spawn for being born.The writers shamefully adhere to the BBC's conservative policy of portraying the white working class as lazy, emotionally unstable alcoholics deserving of your pity. In fact the show's only working class mum (a single mum of course) abuses the school's breakfast club facility just so that she can go back to bed for longer.Lastly the stay-at-home dad. Instead of being a bastion of feminism, his example a step towards emancipation and parity, he is portrayed as a pathetic cuckold, constantly humiliated for cheap laughs; in one episode he actually throws another man's trousers out of a swimming pool window in a fit of pique.This is not a show made by someone that understands modern London, or that has their finger on the pulse, in fact they probably have their head up their arse inside a shitty echo chamber.
crazyface-890-492834 After watching this, I thought I'd search around for reviews, I couldn't believe what I was reading in parts. Do people not want to be entertained anymore? This was the FUNNIEST thing the BBC have put out in YEARS!!!! And about time too. There were times I couldn't breathe for laughing and there hasn't been a comedy that has made me like this for a very long time. Ignore any pretentious reviewers who think they know it all this is FUNNY.It's going to be a tough ask to be able to write a series as good as the pilot but as long as the writers are given enough time this could turn out to be a real winner!!! Please God let this be so, as I'm sick to death of flicking though the channels to see only reality rubbish.
Prismark10 Anna Maxwell Martin plays a frazzled mother working in corporate events and trying to achieve a work/life balance. It is not going well she brings her kids to school during the school holidays and instead of telling the truth she tells the teacher some lies about her kids being bullied which leads to embarrassment.The writers, which include Graham Linehan and Sharon Horgan got one thing right. Maxwell's front seat of the car was filthy. A kind of seat that only exists if you have kids. The interior reminded me of my wife's car.Lucy Punch plays the insincere even manipulative Alpha mum, leader of a clique that is rich and judgmental. Yet people want to be in her group of suburban mums including the sole stay at home dad we see looking after the kids.Martin needs people to look after her kids, her mother is refusing to any more free baby sitting. She meets Diana Morgan, working class but cool under pressure like when she chops off her finger.This pilot started of shakily as Martin spins lies about coming to school during the term time holiday rather than admit she forgot it was the holidays but it improves as it goes along and Morgan was the star of the show. Motherland really did manage to mix slapstick, comedy of manners, frustrated pent up humour and even visual gags.