Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to my three favorite Moms: Hugs and kisses to my own mother, to Michelle Obama, and to Sasha Stone.

Other Mothers we love.

• Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie’s Choice
• Christine Collins in Changeling
• Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Donna Sheridan in Momma Mia!
• Marge Simpson in The Simpson’s Movie

Mothers we loathe.

• Beth Jarrett in Ordinary People
• Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest
• Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate
• Margaret White in Carrie
• Coraline’s “Other Mother” in Coraline

Mothers we have weird feelings about.

• Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate
• Lilly Dillon in The Grifters
• Clara Chevalier in Murmur of the Heart
• Etheline Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums
• Grendel’s Mother in Beowulf

Which movie moms do you find most huggable, most hatable, and most uncomfortably huggable/hatable at the same time?