Darren Lynn Bousman just took to his Facebook page to reveal that long-awaited release date for his last flick MOTHER’S DAY. Of course, it’s going to be in May, on Mother’s Day, right? Wrong.
I’ll let Bousman’s status update tell it: After a lot of waiting – we have our MOTHER’S DAY theatrical release date…. READY????? Drum Role Please… APRIL 1st…. And no, that isn’t an April Fools Day joke!
That pits MOTHER’S DAY against the FOOTLOOSE remake (surely that’s an April Fool’s joke…) and two sure-to-be-dreadful comedies: one called BAD TEACHER (starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. Ugh.) and another called HOP, starring Russell Brand. Something for everyone I guess. (Although if I know anyone who wants to see any of those movies other than MOTHER’S DAY I’m going to punch them square in the brain.)
After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers head for home, hoping their MOTHER (Rebecca De Mornay) can provide them with a getaway. The youngest brother, JOHNNY (Matt O’Leary), has been shot, and their back-stabbing former partner has gotten away with all the cash.
But when the brothers get home, they find that all their stuff is gone and Mother is nowhere to be found: She lost the house months ago in a foreclosure. The new owners, BETH and DANIEL SOHAPI (Jaime King and Frank Grillo), and their guests, gathered for an ill-timed birthday party, become the brothers’ unwitting hostages.
Not long after, Mother arrives, along with the boys’ sister LYDIA (Deborah Ann Woll), and it soon becomes clear that Mother will do absolutely anything to protect her children. In one terrifying evening she brilliantly takes control of the situation and masterminds her sons’ escape from the law.
Sides will be taken, secrets revealed, and sins punished as the hostages struggle to make it through the night alive.
Mark your calendars for APRIL 1, 2011, y’all!
Jaime King