Movie

Sex & the Single Mom

2003 · 89 min

A gentle, earnest TV drama that coasts on mother-daughter friction and quiet heartbreak, easy to sink into without much effort.

Tagline: She's doing everything she told her daughter not to do.
Overview: Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty healthy dose of her own medicine when she winds up getting pregnant from a brief encounter with a newly single doctor! This new situation poses a major challenge to the mother-daughter dynamic. Tune in to see if Jess and her daughter can rise to the occasion.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Parenthood, family, coming-of-age, love
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
coming-of-age
love
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild