There's no greater role, so they say, than that of a mother. We've seen lots of movies where the moms are wonderful, amazing, and simply kick-ass (remember Erin Brockovich?). But what about movies where we're so glad our own mothers are just not them? Check out the top five fictional moms we're terrified of and hopefully not become!
Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Manipulative, extremely pushy, and downright blunt, Mrs. Bennet goes out of her own way to find husbands for her five daughters by throwing them at rich men and not caring if they get hurt. Then again, Jane and Elizabeth have her to thank for anointing Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy as the chosen ones for them, only we think they're still capable of doing that even without mommy Bennet shamelessly pimping them.
Gemma Jones in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Inspired by Mrs. Bennet from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Bridget's mom is pretty much the same, except she falls for a TV presenter and ditches Mr. Jones, only to come back much later after Bridget's own love affairs go downhill. It's a shame she was reduced to such a character when she was more fun in the book, and even shows that she's actually a caring mother in the book's sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent in Ever After (1998)
Played with relish by the amazing Anjelica Huston, Baroness de Ghent is the evil stepmother in this Cinderella-inspired story. While she actively rallies her elder daughter to become the next Queen of France, her younger daughter Jacqueline, who clearly doesn't care much for royalty and is in fact friends with Cinderella-Danielle, doesn't even get proper attention and only gets criticism for being fat. Oh no, weight insecurities! So really, can you blame us for laughing at her ridiculously red face at the end of the movie?
Deborah Clasky in Spanglish (2004)
Deborah has a beautiful home, two cute kids, and she doesn't even need to work because her wonderful, loving husband is one of the youngest top chefs in America, so we really don't get her for being too competitive, insecure, and even posessive of her nanny's daughter while she can't let her own daughter just be herself. What is it with weight-obsessed moms? We really don't know, either.
Mrs. Lisbon in The Virgin Suicides (1999)
After her promiscuous daughter Lux fails to meet the strict 11 PM curfew during prom night, Mrs. Lisbon makes her four beautiful daughters quit school and locks them in maximum security at home, which partly contributes to the Lisbon girls' collective suicide. The lesson: Taking away children's lives is totally uncool.
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