More bittersweet than some sugar - coated, rose - colored ode to motherhood, the film pulls no punches in capturing the messy, unglamorous minutiae of parenthood, whether it's the sight of a
bag of breastmilk falling over and
spilling on to the counter, or Marlo being told by a coffee shop patron that the decaf coffee drink she orders still contains trace amounts of caffeine, or Marlo trying to lose her baby weight and
catch up to a college - aged jogger.