Film Review – Mothers and Daughters

Tensions between parents and their children try the digital age on for size in “Mothers and Daughters.” Directed by Paul Duddridge, the picture takes its line-up of related combatants to video chats, with most scenes of confession and heartbreak happening on computer screens, giving the feature the uncomfortable distance it’s hunting for. It’s an interesting concept, exposing the spaces we are now capable of putting between one another, and “Mothers and Daughters” has effective scenes of frustration, watching a few fine actresses wrestle with emotions they’re rarely asked to explore onscreen anymore. It can be a pedestrian effort, but when the screenplay (written by Paige Cameron) digs in deep to locate hurt, the production sparks to life. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com