Sentences with phrase «overbearing mother»

Children of overbearing mothers may develop severe insecurities which may lead to eating disorders and self injuring behaviors in adolescence or adulthood.

In one session, Justin finally spoke up during the Q&A time and told the speaker, who had cited Moberly in a session entitled «The Root Causes of Male Homosexuality», that the model of an absent father and overbearing mother just didn't fit his experience.

Overbearing mother Deanna (Melissa McCarthy) and her emotionally distant husband Dan (Matt Walsh) drop their daughter Maddie (Molly Gordon) off for college.

The only two students on their elite high school's debate team have a heated rivalry, but as the pressure of overbearing mothers and college admissions escalates, they realize they might actually share some similarities.

The overbearing mother - in - law is more than just a stereotype — at least according to the following stories.

As readers of Austen's early 19th century fiction, such as Pride and Prejudice, will know, the characters (usually the overbearing mothers) referred to a man's value in England's early 19th century on an annuitized basis.

As Erik Eckholm of The New York Times writes, «Homosexuality is caused, (conversion) therapists say, by a stifling of normal masculine development, often by distant fathers and overbearing mothers or by early sexual abuse.»

My needs are now met by my somewhat distant and overly - intellectual father much better than by my overbearing mother.

Although, I do admit to thinking that attachment parenting won't really result in a generation of well - adjusted people as it will a generation of pains - in - the - ass, overbearing mothers - in - law.

An expectant mom needs help on setting boundaries with her overbearing mother - in - law.

I hear girls (and creepy uncles, and overbearing mothers) saying things like «I'm just going to try to eat a little healthier» when they're really...

Even if you hit it off, now is not the time to discuss your overbearing mother, unfaithful husband or drug addicted daughter.

It doesn't matter what Miranda attempts in life, whether it's dating or simply dealing with her overbearing mother, she This is a list of British television programmes.

The plot follows a village dweeb who tries to have a budding romance, while also trying to conceal the fact that his overbearing mother is a flesh - eating zombie.

It also relies on the way Harding describes her upbringing: The verbal, mental, and even physical abuse she endured at an early age from her overbearing mother, LaVona Fay Golden (Allison Janney), as well as similar treatment once she and Gillooly fell in love.

Wedged in his apartment alongside his traditional family — wife, child, overbearing mother - in - law — Razmik goes into the back streets to find another kind of woman.

Margaret Butler is Helen's wealthy, overbearing mother.

After experiencing a lapse in her relationship with her lover (Stegeman), she's forced to move back in with her overbearing mother (Williams).

Her overbearing mother, Elizabeth (Diane Keaton), and patient father, Radley (Tom Skerritt), struggle to come to terms with Carla's growing independence as she embarks on her dream of attending college and pursues a romance with Danny (Giovanni Ribisi), a young man with a similar disability.

In 2011, she co-starred in the complex comedy drama 50/50, in which she played the overbearing mother of a public radio employee diagnosed with cancer at 27 - years - old.

Parallel to this, it follows his personal life, from his overbearing mother (Judi Dench) to his chaste & life - long relationship with ClydeTolson (Armie Hammer).

«THE GUILT TRIP» stars Rogen as Andy Brewster, an inventor about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, and who better to accompany him than his overbearing mother Joyce, played by Barbra Streisand.

Set in 2003 Sacramento, high school senior Christine (Saoirse Ronan) rebels against her catholic school and overbearing mother (Laurie Metcalf).

Renzo's fumbling «hello ladies» shtick barely pays off, and nothing comes out of the side story with his overbearing mother (Margo Martindale, who's curiously only heard and not seen).

The 27 - year - old is closely watched over by her overbearing mother (Geraldine James) at home on Jersey.

«I, Tonya» begins by showing us the early life of skater Tonya Harding, growing up with an overbearing mother (Allison Janney) who puts everything she has toward getting her daughter the best training possible.

The picture blames his latent tendencies on an overbearing mother (Dame Judi Dench) who'd cruelly discouraged him as a youngster from exploring his curiosity about cross-dressing by issuing dire warnings like, «I'd rather have a dead son than a daffodil for a son.»

Along with her overbearing mother portrayed brilliantly by Kim Wayans, Alike's devastating story takes hold on your heart and shatters it before its 86 minute end.

Even the great Judi Dench as the overbearing mother is a casualty to Eastwood's repetitive and sluggish direction and Black's flimsy words.

The ensuing media circus, however, brings out the worst in people, many who come to the chief's defense, especially police deputy Jason Dixon (Sam Rockwell, «The Way Way Back»), an unabashed white racist who lives with his overbearing mother (Sandy Martin, «It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia» TV series).

The Guilt Trip (PG - 13 for violence, profanity and drug use) Dysfunctional family comedy about a scientist (Seth Rogen) who, against his better judgment, invites his overbearing mother (Barbara Streisand) to tag along on a cross-country journey in search of a distributor for his new invention.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Fanny, Annie & Danny (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about the tension which builds when three siblings (Jill Pixley, Carlye Pollack and Jonathan Leveck) return home for the holidays to their overbearing mother (Colette Keen) and emasculated father (George Killingsworth).

Among the large cast is also Johnny Depp's somewhat underused zoot - suited Wolf, Tracey Ullman as the overbearing mother of Jack (Daniel Huttlestone), and Lilla Crawford as a precocious Red Riding Hood.

Sister Cathleen (Margaret Qualley, from The Leftovers), it's strongly implied, becomes a nun primarily in an attempt to escape her overbearing mother (Julianne Nicholson, decked out in sinfully garish eyeshadow); the film even flashes back to Cathleen's childhood, showing her abusive, no - account father (blink and you'll miss Chris Zylka).

Lucille lives with her overbearing mother in law and her life takes a further turn for the worse as Parisian refugees spill into her small town with German soldiers hot on their heels.

The film promises an even - handed, insightful look into the rise and fall of the talented athlete, one who could just never quite hit the next level, not because of her skills, but because of her low - class background (rumor has it that Allison Janney, who plays Harding's overbearing mother, is the film's big performance and big bad).

I'd love to see Lady Bird's Metcalf win, though, for taking another overbearing mother figure and adding layers of warmth and prickliness, creating a beautifully lived - in performance.

SPOILER ALERT — the sequel (if it gets made at all) will have Tessa's overbearing mother (Cheryl Ladd) as the villain.

Debbie Reynolds stars as Albert Brooks» overbearing mother, a woman who buys massive quantities of cheese, and believes that the layer of ice that crusts over on top of frozen sherbet enhances its taste.

Her parents, however — especially her overbearing mother (Diane Keaton)-- are hesitant to let her go.

Chloe Grace Moretz stars as Carrie and Julianne Moore is her overbearing mother.

She portrays the daughter of her overbearing mother (Arquette) and enters the rich and strange world of her deceased father (played by Trujillo)-- a man she never knew.

A directionless twentysomething woman dealing with relationship troubles and an overbearing mother has a one - night stand with a mysterious man and begins suffering from a mysterious infection.

Writer / Director Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird tells the story of a idealistic teenager (the brilliant, Americanized Saoirse Ronan) on the brink of adulthood, depicting the struggles of Catholic high school, overbearing mothers and financial hardship with brutal honesty.

Nakache and Toledano (who directed the flawless THE INTOUCHABLES) play with the universal problems that threaten many weddings: An overbearing mother in the wedding party!