With Mother’s Day obviously being tomorrow, I figured now would be a good time to release this list. This is a list of movie and tv moms who are single parents. They have to be single from the very start and not later in the project. If they are no longer single by the end of the project, that is completely fine. Both live-action and animated characters will be included on this list. Single fathers will be receiving their own list next month. #10: Rachel Flax- Mermaids Look I’m gonna be honest, I have never seen this movie and I do not care enough to see it. If my exploration of it comes off shaky, I apologize. So Cher plays Rachel Flax, a single mom who acts more like a friend than a parent, much to the embarrassment of her oldest daughter Charlotte (whose actress may or may not make an appearance later on this list). One example of Rachel’s irresponsibility is her moving her family every time she goes through a break-up. I probably shouldn’t be too hard on Rachel as Charlotte is the ...
The Devil Wears Prada really did not need a sequel. Especially considering most sequels and remakes now adays disrespect the the original source material. When Anne Hathaway gets fired unexpectedly, she returns to the now fading Runway . Meryl Streep is still "the devil", Emily's overdramatic butt works at Dior now, and Stanley Tucci is still the MVP. For a movie that did not need to exist in the first place, this was actually pretty good. It wasn't anything amazing or special, but It didn't really need to be anyway. It stayed true to the spirit of the original and didn't try to downplay it in any way. It is relatively a rehash of the first movie, but a rehash done well. Meryl Streep was just as ruthless yet sympathetic as she was in the previous movie, Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci were good, and Emily Blunt is still a drama queen. The newer characters didn't really stand out a lot, but I did like B.J. Novak's character and Justin Theroux was a com...