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My Mom is a Character (2013)
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My Mom is a Character (2013)
Original name: Minha Mãe é uma Peça: O Filme
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, lgbt cinema
Plot: eccentric family, family life, parents and children, family problems, disorder, siblings relations, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, humour, motherhood, parenthood, gay, lgbt, resistance, lgbtqi, working mom, dog, mother, beach, jealousy, single mother, mother daughter relationship, mother love, nightclub, mother and son ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
Keyword: brazilian

Most similar movies to My Mom is a Character

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, light and captivating films with plots about family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family life, humour, family problems and kids and family mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like My Mom is a Character: Disconnected (2018), An Italian Name (2015), How to murder a dead husband (2017), The Family House (2017), Dating My Mother (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Mom is a Character 2 (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dona Hermínia is back, but now rich and famous since she is the host of her own successful TV show. However, the overprotective character will have to deal with her children's departures, as Marcelina and Juliano decide to move out. In ...
Style: humorous, funny, feel good, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: large family, children, mother, parent child relationship, family life, parents and children, kids and family, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, sisters, adolescence vs adulthood, humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south america, brazil
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My Mom is a Character 3 (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Dona Herminia will have to rediscover and reinvent herself because her children are forming new families. This supermom will have to deal with a new life scenario: Marcelina is pregnant and Juliano is getting married.
Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: gay, gay son, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, wedding planning, family relations, family life, mentor, youth, pregnancy, love, mother son relationship ...
Place: brazil
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Disconnected (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Well-known writer Ettore takes his family on a mountain chalet getaway for his birthday, in an effort to create a bond between his two sons, Claudio and Giulio, and his second wife, Margherita. The group is also joined by Margherita's brother, ...
Style: light, entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous ...
Plot: eccentric family, kids and family, humour, family relations, large family, family problems, isolation, parents and children, mountain
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An Italian Name (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Paolo and his wife are waiting a baby and deciding his name, but it seems that Paolo's family and friends don't really like the chosen name.
Style: realistic, contemplative, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: family gatherings, family relations, family problems, pregnancy, ego clash, friendship, couples, disorder, parents and children, family life, parenthood, humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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How to murder a dead husband (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A divorced woman gets destroyed by her ex-husband in all phases of her life and tries to get back on her feet.
Style: light, humorous, funny, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: ex husband, ex couple relations, humour, relationship problems, new life, new love, family problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, relationships, social problems, female protagonist ...
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The Family House (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Style: light, satirical, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Plot: money problems, financial problem, parents and children, family relations, eccentric family, escapades, family problems, satire, humour
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Dating My Mother (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dating My Mother explores the intimate and sometimes tumultuous relationship between a single mother and her gay son as they navigate the dizzying world of online dating.
Style: entertaining, captivating, light, funny, humorous ...
Plot: gay, online dating, mother and son, dating, lgbt, lgbtq, family relations, single mother, relationships, gay son, parents and children, single parent ...
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22%
Mothers & Daughters (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Comedy about three very different women and the complex relationship they have with their mothers.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot: mother daughter relationship, pregnancy, woman woman relationship, parent child relationship, mother and daughter, mother child relationship, family relations, parents and children, parenthood, kids and family, eccentric family, relationships ...
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Cleaver Family Reunion (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Members of a dysfunctional family settle their differences after a series of misadventures during their summer reunion
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family problems, nothing goes right, disorder, african american, black, family relations, silly humor, family gatherings ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, texas
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To The Heritage With Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A dispute for the inheritance of the father of this family is the motor for this comedy, where siblings Andrea and Hector start a discussion with their aunt, who turns out to be the universal heiress of their father's because they don't ...
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Plot: family relations, siblings relations, escapades, eccentric family, brother sister relationship, money, family problems, humour, absurd humor, social problems, inheritance, heiress ...
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Us in the U.S. (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five people who never met are convened by a notary for the reading of a will, and learn they are all brothers and sisters, children of the same father. They’ll share a large inheritance if they can deliver the ashes to their father’s favorite ...
Style: feel good, light, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, siblings relations, humour, brother brother relationship, inheritance, satire, brother sister relationship, heir, last will and testament, male nudity
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What's with This Granny!? (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Aurora's life suddenly gets complicated after her seven grandkids arrive to her house for vacation.
Style: funny, light, humorous, feel good, sincere ...
Plot: large family, grandmother grandson relationship, family relations, eccentric family, family life, grandmother, lifestyle, mother daughter relationship, relationships, grandparent and grandchild, living together, kids and family ...
Place: europe
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Nine and a Half Moons (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two contrasting visions of life: on the one hand, the "rock" and adventurous of the brave Livia, cellist without maternal instinct; on the other hand, the reassuring routine of his sister Tina, shy urban vigilant with an ardent desire for ...
Style: light, funny, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: wife swapping, mate swapping, body swapping, parenthood, motherhood, kids and family, family life, double life, parents and children, sisters, eccentric family, relationships ...
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Sweet Mother (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. At 85 years old, she pushes the limits of her age and does everything she can for her family and friends. Sweet Mother illustrates the everyday life of the elderly ...
Style: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Plot: aging, elderly, retirement home, parents and children, retirement home life, social relations, family relations, everyday life, lifestyle, life, family life, humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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19%
All in Good Time (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughtons 1960s classic All in Good Time), the film is set in Bolton where Atul ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot: couple relations, family life, newlywed, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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19%
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Big Family (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A Grande Família is a Brazilian television comedy, and is one of the most watched primetime shows. The show airs on the Globo Network, and tells the story of a typical lower middle-class family living in a suburb neighborhood of Rio de ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, absurd
Plot: family relations, family life, eccentric family, couple relations, parents and children, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, silly humor, couples
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly ...
Style: funny, humorous, sexy, road movie, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: interracial romance, road trip, teenager, hip hop, family relations, on the road, eccentric family, nothing goes right, family life, mischievous children, parents and children, black ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, missouri, los angeles
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A Neapolitan Spell (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In a family of full-blooded Neapolitans, tragedy strikes: a girl is born speaking and acting like a northerner!
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, satirical, funny ...
Plot: mother daughter relationship, family relations, father daughter relationship, family secret, eccentric family, humour, husband wife relationship, relationships, social satire, kids and family, family problems, satire ...
Place: naples italy
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Pretty the Series (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: These are the trials and tribulations of the Champagne family, and all their collective friends and enemies, on their bumpy road to temporary reality stardom.
Style: not serious, parody, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, family life, eccentric family, profanity, power relations, disorder, ambition, contests and competitions, teachers and students, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Three Perfect Daughters (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Three families go into crisis when their daughters get engaged. Three desperate fathers see their worst nightmare come true: they are convinced that their young daughters have all chosen a wrong boyfriend. Sure to act for their own good, they will ...
Style: touching, entertaining, light, funny, captivating ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, family relations, life philosophy, family bonds, father and daughter, dark humor, satire, adult humor, family problems, society, transformation, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
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Love & Slaps (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A comedy about generational conflict between two parents who do not want to grow old and a seventeen year old daughter who wants to become an adult. During a weekend with some friends in their country house in Tuscany, Marcello and Marina, relieved ...
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, not serious ...
Plot: family relations, friendship, couples, parents and children, family life, countryside, friends, disorder, society, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
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Sotto una buona stella (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: dysfunctional family, life turned upside down, family life, parents and children, disorder, family relations, family problems, cohabitation, audition, neighbor, snake, aspiring singer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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Good Intentions (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to secretly take "investment" matters into her own hands - things quickly go awry! ...
Style: not serious, feel good, uplifting, realistic, indie film ...
Plot: couple relations, crime gone awry, couples, small town, hidden identity, family life, lifestyle, disorder, parents and children, small town life, eccentric family, strong female presence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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18%
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Life in Pieces (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, ...
Style: light, sitcom, feel good, uplifting, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, multiple storylines, friendship, family life, kids and family, humour, parents and children, siblings relations, lifestyle, youth, eccentric family, family problems ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Metal Brothers (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Bröderna Hårdrock is a film about two brothers who are planning a heavy metal convention in their sleepy village. Their mother, the village priest, worries about them and wants them to settle down and have families. A young female teacher and line ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, romantic ...
Plot: fall in love, heavy metal, wooing, parents and children, family relations, love and romance, silly humor, unrequited love, rivalry, love triangle, romantic triangle, romantic rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Moore Street market-trader Agnes Brown finds her livelihood under threat from a ruthless developer, she and her family embark on a campaign to save her stall, aided as only the Browns will be by a motley troop of blind trainee Ninjas, an ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, happy ...
Plot: elderly, campaign, fighting the system, disorder, court case, eccentric family, family relations, family life, satire, wife, strong female presence, fruit
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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Wedding in Paris (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A businessman in Italy, who doesn't pay any taxes, and a financier always on the hunt for tax evaders come into contact because their sons share an apartment in Paris.
Style: funny, humorous, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: travel, satire, businessman, parents and children, eccentric family, humour
Place: paris france
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Best Enemies Forever (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What would happen if two sworn enemies, two opposed women in temperament and lifestyle find out to share the most incredible legacy: the child of their ex - husband?
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, funny, satirical ...
Plot: lifestyle, parents and children, motherhood, mother child relationship, family relations, relationships, parenthood, satire, paternity revealed, opposites attract, ex husband, women ...
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To Soi sou (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Savvas and Lydia are happily married for a decade with two daughters. Every Sunday morning they visit either Savvas' family or Lydia's in order to eat and speak about their lives. Most of the times, these Sunday meals lead to peculiar ...
Style: humorous, funny, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: family problems, family dinner, parents and children, family relations, eccentric family, kids and family, mother daughter relationship, family conflict, family gatherings, satire, humour, marital argument ...
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A Moody Christmas (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: Focused on the lovable, yet seasonally dysfunctional Moody family, A Moody Christmas is set against the backdrop of the one occasion that can bring out the best (and the worst) in people … Christmas Day.
Style: humorous, sitcom, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot: christmas, family tradition, family relations, eccentric family, family gatherings, parents and children, family problems, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, family reunited, homecoming ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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