Editors' Picks: Celebrating On-Screen Moms23 of 28
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Plot: A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Mom Moment: Lilly Dillon's (Anjelica Huston) relationship with her son Roy (John Cusack) is beyond Oedipal, though we live for the first face-off between Lilly and Myra (Annette Bening), Roy's equally opportunistic girlfriend. For just a moment we lose the scent of Lilly's long con and catch a glimpse of her motherly love ... which is a little extra, sure.
Plot: A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Mom Moment: Lilly Dillon's (Anjelica Huston) relationship with her son Roy (John Cusack) is beyond Oedipal, though we live for the first face-off between Lilly and Myra (Annette Bening), Roy's equally opportunistic girlfriend. For just a moment we lose the scent of Lilly's long con and catch a glimpse of her motherly love ... which is a little extra, sure.
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