the script and director Douglas McGrath lean heavily on testimonials - the friends, colleagues and fellow moms who marvel, either genuinely or sarcastically to the camera
it looks like a really cheesy horror movie, fueled by manufactured hysteria and terror, featuring a horse-faced, psychotic Mother hiding behind long stringy hair
it doesn't help that the characters announce their platitudes directly to the camera in faux interview segments, as if they were fresh revelations rather than overly familiar statements