"Mother and Child"

Another movie that I like to define as, "a multi-storied story." It follows the lives of a 50-year old woman (Annette Bening), her adult daughter (Naomi Watts), who she gave up at birth, and a young couple trying to adopt a child. It's a powerful and sad movie, that I found difficult to watch at times. Both Bening and Watts are so cold and detached, I almost stopped watching a third of the way through. But I hung in there and I'm glad I did. The stories intersect at the end of the film, and you're left with the question/feeling: "What if..."
4.5 out of 5 stars