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Children are a crushing responsibility.
Thats Olivia Colman inThe Lost Daughter, warding off a pushy, pregnant beachgoer whos interrupting her relaxation.
The sadness first popped up at Telluride, when I sawSpencerandThe Lost Daughterin the same afternoon.
But ultimately Id prefer to celebrate these complicated women as a collective.
Heres your guide to the sad moms of Oscar season.
What is she sad about?Basically everything.
Are the royals planning to have her killed too?
Theyre the only two people in the world with whom she can truly be herself.
For Diana, motherhood is a pure, good thing.
Shes the saddest mom of the year, but probably the happiest about being a mom.
The movie resists easy explanations, but Ledas lingering unease over motherhood seems to play a role.
How does she feel about being a mom?Funny you should ask: She hates it.
In fact,The Lost Daughter gives us three sad moms for the price of one.
What is she sad about?Phil, mostly.
Its enough to drive a girl to drink.
She looks out for him, and he does the same.
For what kind of man would I be if I did not help my mother?
The form this help eventually takes makes for one of the most delicious plot developments of the year.
Mas reaction to his mischievous scrapes is pitched on this same level, more hands-on-hips exasperation than true despair.
Raising children adds to the stress of the Troubles, but theyre not too much trouble themselves.
Does Janis reveal the truth, or does she find a way to live with the lie?
Its historical trauma and steamy melodrama all at once a classic Pedro Almodovar mix.
How does she feel about being a mom?She loves it.
Shes raising two boys in a world thats fundamentally unsafe for them.
Her marriage has settled into a cold functionality.
And Clare keeps on wheedling her way into Irenes world like a cuckoo.
When even they seem to prefer the other woman, its close to the final straw.
you might imagine why this situation might be a little bit sad.
How do they feel about being moms?Its complicated.
The weight is too much to shoulder, their defenses too hardened.
What is she sad about?Not much on the surface; shes a stiff-upper-lip kinda gal.
So yeah, I think she feels pretty good.
What is she sad about?Just …life, man.
Because Hoffman is a supporting-actress contender, most of this is explained over the phone.
Being a mom is tough, even for a space witch.
