Film

The Single Moms Club

Name: The Single Moms Club
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2014
Cast: Amy Smart, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Nia Long, Zulay Henao, Cocoa Brown

Drama

A comedy-drama about five single mothers who bond after their kids get in trouble at school. It's warmly earnest about the particular exhaustion of solo parenting while finding humour in the chaos and solidarity of women holding it all together. For anyone who's felt unseen by mainstream narratives about motherhood.

TMDb rating

3.0

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