Motherhood

The film 'Motherhood' stared Uma Thurman. The plot is...... In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.

And with a plot like this people thought that it would do some business. How wrong, the film grossed £86 which means that less than 10 people went to go and see the film in the whole of the UK. But reviews of the films said that it was ‘not very good (though it’s not terrible either)’ and we found out that it was only ‘released in one cinema in London only. Very little PR was done’. It has been said the ‘This limited release is a tactic to gain exposure and reviews for DVD, VOD and TV sales. They expected to do very little business in theatres (though maybe not this little)’ Reasons for this may be ‘The distributor may have been contractually bound to release the film in theatres when in fact, it should never have appeared in theatres (but the film maker demanded it), therefore they did the minimum needed to fulfil their end of the deal.’ Also ‘The DVD was released on the same day as the theatrical release’