Jamie Lee Curtis Movie:

Mother's Boys Reviews:
Glenn Close, Rebecca De Mornay and Jaime Lee Curtis
2008-10-21 - If you are the type of person who enjoys thrillers with good stories that involve one psychotic blonde female doing anything she can to get what she wants, this one should happily be added into your collection. Like Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) and Rebecca De Mornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) before her, Jaime Lee Curtis portrays Jude Madigan who comes back to town after a few years of being away wanting her husband and three boys back in her life. Unfortunately her husband is seeing a new woman and wants to get a divorce. Since this was the second time Jude had left, her husband is not as forgiving as the first time. But Jude will not let anything stand in the way of her happiness even if that involves eliminating the competition or as Jude says "There is no competition." I thought Jaime Lee Curtis played the part to perfection and was such fun to watch. You will relish in some of the juicy dialogue she gets to deliver. Curtis has showcased her amazing talent in some very diverse roles over the years. Making a start in horror films then moving into comedies with her own sitcom and also A Fish Called Wanda, becoming an action star in True Lies, playing a psycho in Mother's Boys and starring in the heartwrenching tv movie drama Nicholas' Gift. Well this role ranks amongst her best. She is deliciously evil, diabolically sexy and sinister to the core. This is the type of movie you can watch again and again. Kudos to Jaime Lee for this amazing effort! Also featuring Vanessa Redgrave in a supporting role as Jude's mother.

lacking, but good enough
2008-04-29 - Mother's Boys was a so-so suspense movie. It felt like one of those "made for TV" movies. You know, the kind that's forced to lack the serious suspense and special kind of extreme violence in order to avoid aggravating all the sensitive people who are easily offended by such things.

It's about a mother who disappears for a while and returns one day and demands to see her children and start a family again. She's totally insane though, and wouldn't mind killing or doing evil things just to get her way.

Throughout the movie, the story builds between her and her oldest son, and the friendship between the two develops more and more until she's finally able to convince her son that she's the one who's normal, while everyone else is wrong.

She comes up with this amazing plan in the end that involves her oldest son killing his father's girlfriend, only for it to come back and bite her on the behind.

I won't spoil the ending, but it's the best part of the movie, and honestly, it wasn't even that great.


MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPERS
2008-01-23 - Obviously, any mother who abandons her family for 3 years and then returns out of nowhere to reclaim her sons has deep psychological problems. Curtis does a splendid job in her role as the deeply disturbed, perhaps satanic parent who eventually reaches out too far,and suffers the ultimate fall.Whalley is nearly as effective as the school vice principal,turned lover, turned family protector, whose heroic efforts save the aforementioned boys. But, where is Gallagher? While all hell is breaking out around him, he seems to be more interested in an architectural project, going shopping, meeting with his wimpy lawyer, being in the wrong place at the wrong time,(buying a Big Mac)? Whalley wants to marry this nincompoop? Additionally, the movie's background music seems to imply satanic involvement,as do nightmares, flashbacks, sharp sounds;but not totally convincingly to this reviewer. The pacing is spasmodic, and Curtis' miraculous recovery from a self inflicted forehead slashing must have made A.M.A. history. Sorry, even though somewhat entertaining,this picture fails to live up to "thrillers"past.

Jamie is wonderful!
2007-10-20 - An excellent thriller in the tradition of "Fatal Attraction" and "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle". A forgotten film casts Jamie Lee Curtis as the villin who wants her family back after deserting them years before...the only problem is her husband has a new girlfriend which she must despose of with the help of her older son. Beautifully filmed, written, and cast the 90 minutes of this film will fly by. You will see another side to Jamie Lee in this picture. The movie also has Peter Gallagher from television's "The OC" and the splendid Vannessa Redgrave.

Mother's Boys
2007-08-24 - I have always liked this movie. Jamie Leigh Curtis is at her scary best.