The Sexiest and Scariest Movie Moms?
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I've never been a big fan of Mother's Day only because my birthday is May 9th and it sometimes falls either on Mom's Day or the day before (like this year). And since I'm an egotistical bastard who likes to have an entire day dedicated to me and my awesomeness, having to share that day with someone else is a total drag. But we love our moms, and without them none of us would have ever been born. So, as is customary with this time of year, we're beginning to see movie-related mom lists pop up online -- and over at Fandango they asked 3,500 readers to cast their votes for both the sexiest movie mom and scariest movie mom in contemporary cinema (meaning within the past 30 years).
Yes, it freaks me out that thirty years back brings us only to 1979, but the sad fact remains that a lot of today's youth (ie: the people participating in these polls) aren't as familiar with the cinema of the past as they should be. So, with that said, leading the pack in the sexiest movie mom category is a motion-captured Angelina Jolie in Beowulf. Yup, their choice for sexiest mom isn't even real! Behind her you have Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Beyonce Knowles (Obsessed), Diane Lane (Unfaithful) and Jennifer Aniston (Marley and Me), who rounds out the top five.
When it comes to scariest movie moms, Faye Dunaway (Mommie Dearest) takes the top spot, with Jane Fonda (Monster-in-Law), Angelina Jolie (Beowulf), Anne Ramsey (Throw Momma from the Train) and Madea (Madea Goes to Jail) rounding out the top five. Surely they've missed a few hot, scary moms in this survey (ahem, Linda Hamilton, Terminator - to name one glaring omission) ... care to name a few more?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-07-2009 @ 2:14PM
NP said...
Jeez, the scary one shoulda been no contest: Piper Laurie in Carrie.
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5-07-2009 @ 2:22PM
Chris Glemaud said...
While I understand your pain with today's kids not truely knowing their cinema history, can you really say that kids in the 80s knew a whole lot about films from the 50s?
Plus it's fandango, can't expect good things from Fandango's members.
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5-07-2009 @ 2:50PM
Chelsea said...
An underrated scary movie mom is Jean Coughlin (Merrit Nelson), Adrienne Shelly's mom in Hal Hartley's 1990 feature TRUST.
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5-07-2009 @ 2:51PM
pAT said...
Hot Moms:
Jennifer Connolly - A Beautiful Mind
Ellen Page - Juno
Beverly D'Angelo - Vacation
Linda Fiorentino - Dogma (very end)
Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill
Thandie Newton - Run Fatboy Run
Scary Moms:
Betsy Palmer - Friday the 13th
Karen Black - House of 1,000 Corpses
Terry Jones - Life of Brian (Brian's mum)
Divine - Polyester
Jackie Burroughs - Willard (2003 version)
Elizabeth Moody - Dead-Alive
Teri Hatcher - Coraline (as Other Mother-that counts, right?)
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5-07-2009 @ 3:06PM
cromag said...
I know this is a little old, but Angelica Houston in "The Grifters" could be on both lists
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5-07-2009 @ 5:21PM
Ben said...
Hot Mom:
Claire Forlani - Green Street Hooligans
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5-07-2009 @ 6:56PM
Dave said...
Scariest movie mom? Angela Lansbury's chilling, manipulative and diabolical turn as Mrs. Iselin in "The Manchurian Candidate".
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5-08-2009 @ 3:41PM
greatone said...
Sexiest Mother
Rachael Weisz in The Mummy Return and The Constant Gardener
Vivica Fox - Independence Day
Maria Bello - A history of violence
Ashley Judd - Where the Heart Is
Natalie Portman - Where the Heart Is
Training Day - Eva Mendes
Nia Long - Are We There Yet
Wanda De Jesus - Illegal Tender
Carrie-Anne Moss - Chumscrubber
Scariest Mother
Angelina Jolie - Beowulf
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