OTHERHOOD (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Angela Bassett (Black Panther), Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Jake Hoffman (The Wolf of Wall Street), Sinqua Walls (Believe Me), Jake Lacy (Carol), Heidi Gardner (Life of the Party), Molly Bernard (Pay It Forward), Emily Tremaine (Self/less), Mario Cantone (Last Request), Becki Newton (August Rush), Tim Bagley (Knocked Up), Stephen Kunken (Still Alice), Damian Young (Snow Day), Afton Williamson (Man on a Ledge), Cozy Corwin (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cindy Chupack (film debut), director, writer; Mark Andrus (As Good As It Gets), writer; Jason Michael Berman (The Birth of a Nation) and Cathy Schulman (Crash), producers; Marcelo Zarvos (Wonder), composer; Declan Quinn (Leaving Las Vegas), cinematographer; Sunny Hodge (Reluctant Hitman), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Suburban mothers Carol (Bassett), Gillian (Arquette) and Helen (Huffman) unexpectedly show up at their grown sons’ houses to stay for a week…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and, erm, Felicity Huffman are a show-stealing group of overbearing mothers in this fun adaptation of William Sutcliffe’s mother-son-relationship book Whatever Makes You Happy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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