{"id":1101,"date":"2021-05-04T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:54:20","slug":"crappy-mothers-day-if-you-think-your-family-is-crazy-think-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/2021\/crappy-mothers-day-if-you-think-your-family-is-crazy-think-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Crappy Mother\u2019s Day * If You Think Your Family Is Crazy, Think Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crappymothersday.poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" width=\"91\" height=\"134\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Three generations of women come together on Mother&#8217;s Day. Things don&#8217;t go as planned. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Katherine S. comments, \u201cIf you think your family is crazy, think again. When three generations of women, Sarah (Kristen Krak), Totie (Jackie Debatin) and Grandma (Vivien Landau) attempt to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day, things go from bad to worse &#8211; immediately. From a senile grandmother to whacky uncles to a grandpa who is buried in the backyard, keeping the family together for a single day proves a difficult task, especially when Sarah brings her fianc\u00e9 into the mix. You don\u2019t need to be a master chef to figure out that this is a recipe for a really \u201cCrappy Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d\u00a0See her full review below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crappy Mother\u2019s Day<br>By Katherine S, KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Crappy Mother\u2019s Day<\/em> is sure to get some laughs out of you and it comes out just in time for Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Enjoy Katherine S.&#039;s review of Crappy Mother&#039;s Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9SajWfQeMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think your family is crazy, think again. When three generations of women, Sarah (Kristen Krak), Totie (Jackie Debatin) and Grandma (Vivien Landau) attempt to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day, things go from bad to worse &#8211; immediately. From a senile grandmother to whacky uncles to a grandpa who is buried in the backyard, keeping the family together for a single day proves a difficult task, especially when Sarah brings her fianc\u00e9 into the mix. You don\u2019t need to be a master chef to figure out that this is a recipe for a really \u201cCrappy Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Enjoy Katherine S.&#039;s interview with Bill Rutkoski and Dan Karlok about Crappy Mother\u2019s Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djZiwLu2RSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Dan Karlok lets go of the reins and allows slap stick comedy to insert itself at every turn of the movie. Though the comedy is hilarious, some of the scenes are a bit longer than needed and a bit random. The acting is wonderful, making this family look absolutely wacky and wild. None of the relationships seem normal. Kristen Krak, as Sarah, really appears to be the only normal person in the family. Addison Anderson, as James, plays a very fun character that breaks out of his shell as the movie develops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crappymothersday.horizontal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" width=\"225\" height=\"126\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Rutkoski, the crazed fianc\u00e9 of Totie, is very believable. I certainly wouldn\u2019t want him for a stepdad. Vivien Landau plays the perfect mean, old grandma. John Rutkoski and Mike Rutkoski, as Uncle Lenny and Uncle Donny respectively, nail the <em>Planet of the Apes<\/em>-obsessed uncles. My favorite characters are Grandma and Aunt Sonny (Marie Lenzie) because they are the most entertaining. They are always arguing and fighting in humorous ways, like two old, senile bats that love tormenting each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The message that is your family is the only family you have and, as crazy as you think they might be, they love you. Also, when getting married, be prepared for your newly expanded family and find something in common, even if it\u2019s just <em>Planet of the Apes <\/em>boxers. There is profanity, some mature topics and heavy drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I give&nbsp;<em>Crappy Mother\u2019s Day<\/em>&nbsp;4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 14 to 18, plus adults. This film releases on VOD May 4, 2021<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three generations of women come together on Mother&#8217;s Day. Things don&#8217;t go as planned. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Katherine S. comments, \u201cIf you think your family is crazy, think again. When three generations of women, Sarah (Kristen Krak), Totie (Jackie Debatin) and Grandma (Vivien Landau) attempt to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day, things go from bad to worse &#8211; immediately. From a senile grandmother to whacky uncles to a grandpa who is buried in the backyard, keeping the family together for a single day proves a difficult task, especially when Sarah brings her fianc\u00e9 into the mix. You don\u2019t need to be a master chef to figure out that this is a recipe for a really \u201cCrappy Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[514,510,278,373,511,508,519,522,515,520,509,517,523,518,513,512,220,521,516],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-critics-blog","tag-addison-anderson","tag-bill-rutkowski","tag-by-kids-for-kids","tag-comedy","tag-crappy-mothers-day-movie","tag-dan-karloki","tag-family-film","tag-hilarious","tag-jackie-debatin","tag-john-rutkowki","tag-kristen-krak","tag-marie-lenzie","tag-mike-rutkoski","tag-mothers-2","tag-mothers","tag-mothers-day","tag-movie-reviews","tag-planet-of-the-apes","tag-spoof"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}