This relationship is going to be a real mother.
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.
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Classical in form, contemporary, effortless and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Jennifer LopezCharlie
- Jane FondaViola Fields
- Michael VartanDr. Kevin Fields
- Wanda SykesRuby
- Adam ScottRemy
- Monet MazurFiona
- Annie ParisseMorgan
- Will ArnettKit
- Elaine StritchGertrude
- Stephen DunhamDr. Paul Chamberlain
Crew
- Robert LuketicDirector
- Anya KochoffScreenplay
- Russell CarpenterDirector of Photography
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Scott HillEditor
- Kevin TentEditor
- Chris BenderProducer
- J.C. SpinkProducer
- Paula WeinsteinProducer
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