and this disappointed me Although Gosling gave it his best shot, I think it's his performance (although he's probably only doing what the director has told him to do) which pushes the film into parody at times and not KST's mother character as suggested by others. (timeout.com)
Lauren Holly's Mother character delivers a long monologue that ends with «I can't even see you» — and rather than being too «on the nose,» it speaks to volumes, depths, of mourning and despair. (filmfreakcentral.net)
10 Worst Mothers in Books Publishers Weekly presents ten of the worst mother characters in literature. (forcesofgeek.com)