The Best Mother’s Day Movie Ever Stars Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds makes the film ‘Mother’ the best Mother’s Day movie: She was the second choice for the role when Nancy Reagan bowed out

The best film to learn about the agony and ecstasy of mothers — and being their grown children? “Mother” from 1996 starring Debbie Reynolds and Albert Brooks. Left to right: Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Eddie Fisher, and Todd Fisher in a 1958 Modern Screen photo by Gloria Luchenbill via Wikimedia Commons. Her 1996 film, Mother, one of her last, is the best Mother’s Day film ever, a fun and funny way to show how moms and their grown children can drive each other crazy years after they move apart.

Do mother/child gatherings get you more annoyed than they used to? And too much time together gets you anxious? Watch Mother.

The best Mother’s Day movie ever: Mother, starring Debbie Reynolds and Albert Brooks, helps mothers and grown children understand how — and why — they drive each other crazy.

“There are two kinds of mothers on the planet,” Brooks explained. “The first kind thinks that every single thing their children do is perfect and their children are God’s gift to the world. And then there’s the other kind. This is about the other kind.”

How do you know when you and your mom are triggered by each other? The nearly 30-year-old film, Mother, is timeless — showing how mothers and their grown children seem to move apart over time, everything from the food they buy to how they live and react to change.

Why Mother is the best film about mothers and children: Brooks explains, “I truly believe this is the first time people are going to get to see a movie that deals with a mother and a son in a realistic, funny way. I have…