Every year as May approaches, children and families come together to acknowledge the unending dedication of loving mothers. Mother’s Day is a day to recognize moms for their unconditional love and dedication to their families.

“Mother’s Day,” the newest heart-felt comedy made to honor moms and everything they do, explores the numerous different family situations on Mother’s Day through interlocking storylines. Many people may recognize this story format from the previous movies such as “Valentine’s Day” and “New Year’s Eve.”

The movie starts by introducing several different families that include some of Hollywood’s most popular actors such as Kate Hudson, Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston.

The story begins days before Mother’s Day, when Sandy (Jennifer Aniston) meets with her ex-husband (Timothy Olyphant) and he tells her how he married the 27-year-old Tina (Shay Mitchell). Throughout the film, Sandy is constantly at odds with Tina while she fights for her son’s affection.

While at the grocery store, Sandy runs into the widower Bradley (Sudeikis) and meets his two daughters, who are struggling with the first Mother’s Day since their mom’s death.

Another family, consisting of Jesse (Hudson) and her husband Russell (Aasif Mandvi), live in family-friendly neighborhood next to her little sister Gabi (Sarah Chalke). Gabi lives with her wife Max (Cameron Esposito) and their son Charlie (Owen Vaccaro).

Jesse and Gabi, who have lost touch with their overbearing, closed-minded parents, are unpleasantly surprised when they stop by for Mother’s Day weekend. The two sisters attempt to convince their mother (Margo Martindale) to set aside her racist, homophobic views and finally accept their spouses.

While there are many stories happening at once, “Mother’s Day” does a great job at keeping the audience in tune with what is happening in a way pleases the audience. The film does this by shifting into each scenario at the right moment to keep the story moving smoothly.  

“Mother’s Day” does a great job of capturing the simple-living aspects of southern culture. Through the personalities and accents of the many characters, it is blatant they are from the south. Most of the film was shot in and around the Atlanta area, in familiar locations like Piedmont Park.

Considering the film’s abundance of well-known and talented actors, every scene throughout the movie is always at its full potential. No matter how serious a situation is throughout “Mother’s Day,” there is always comedic relief to be found.

Because of slight language and suggestive content, the movie is rated PG-13.  Despite this fact, “Mother’s Day” is a family-friendly movie that is both heartfelt and hilarious.  

This new and comedic film sheds a light on the importance of valuing moms for every miniscule thing that seems insignificant. The movie is great to include with a Mother’s Day gift and will make your mom feel appreciated for everything that she does.