Mommy

Mommy(2014)

"Loving people doesn't save them."

8.2/10
2,790 votes
138 minSeptember 19, 2014

Overview

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

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