And you can put money on Jessie Buckley gushing about being a mum in her Oscars acceptance speech, and while Hamnet is a tour de force, here are our five fab films for Mother’s Day.
With a nod, of course, to the mumdoms where they ruled the roost.
Let’s start at the very beginning
The Sound of Music: And if a mother’s love is unconditional then all the more credit for women who take on another man’s children.
And seven of them at that.
But when you’re an Austrian singing Julie Andrews nun turned governess then you have all the tools for motherhood.
Maria and Captain Georg took the train from Salzburg down to Italy.
Not over the mountains because they’d have ended up in Hitler’s Lair, and then onto America.
Where Georg and Maria added to their Von Trapp brood with three more Kinder.
The mothers of all mothers
Nonnas: And let’s hear it today for the grandmothers because every Nana is a mamma.
Or in Italian culture a Nonna.
Cue this charming real-life movie, starring Vince Vaughn, about a grieving son who honours his mum by opening an Italian restaurant.
With nonnas on Staten Island, using the recipes of Mamma which has become something of a tourist stop-off in the New York borough.
Some mothers do ‘ave ’em
Throw Momma from a Train: And because sometimes our mums can be overbearing, this Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal classic has to make the list.
A homage to Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, DeVito has his usual dark fun with the original.
With Griffiths Park, Los Angeles and Hawaii adding to the enjoyment and the plot.
Magic Mum
Harry Potter: And when you are a poor orphan child with the weight of being a boy wizard you need an adopted mum.
And where Aunt Petunia was ghastly Molly Weasley was magical.
Taking in Harry as one of her own along with her ragbag children, while also facing down Bellatrix Lestrange.
And for the best place to discover how she did it all and what magic tricks she invoked.
Then you’ll need to immerse yourself in the Wonderful World of Harry Potter at Universal Resort Orlando.
A mother in life and death
Who will love my children? And have the box of tissues at hand for this ultimate of Mother’s Day tearjerkers, again based on a true story.
Lucille Fray faced the worst fate any mother could endure, knowing she would die and would have to leave her ten children.
Because her husband would not be able to cope… and no snide remarks here because there’s a man in the room.
Add to that the homespun, earthy setting of Iowa and that the real-life children appeared on the TV show That’s Incredible.
On the night of the film transmission back in 1983.
