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The Good Mother

The Good Mother

Nov 4, 1988
104 min
DramaRomance
5.7/ 10
30 votes

Overview

After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
5.7/10
30 votes
IMDB
5.7/10
1,823 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
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Metacritic
Not Available
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Box Office & Budget

Budget$14,000,000Production cost
Box Office$4,764,606Worldwide gross
Profit-$9,235,394Loss
ROI
-66.0%Return on investment
US Box Office$4,764,606Domestic earnings

Details

Production information

"Can a court determine how we should live, how we should love, how we should raise our children? Now Anna must prove that she is the Good Mother."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$4,764,606

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

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