Amy Schumer‘s mother daughter comedy, Snatched fared well over the Mother’s Day weekend as can be expected. Though it wasn’t enough to knock the “Guardians” from the top spot, it did manage to take number two at the box office with roughly 17 million domestically.
Schumer stars as Emily Middleton, who is about to embark on a vacation to Ecuador with her boyfriend, until he dumps her. Now she convinces her mother, Linda, played by Goldie Hawn, to take his place. Her mom reluctantly agrees. All goes well, until Emily meets James played by Tom Bateman, who wants to take the two woman to explore the jungle, where Emily and her mom get snatched by bad men. Now it’s up to the Emily to bond closer to her mother, in order to escape and return safely to the US embassy with the help of their friends whom they met in the hotel, Ruth, played by Blackish star, Wanda Sykes and Barb, played by Joan Cusack.
At an hour and a half, Snatched, in true Schumer style, will have you laughing from the first line on. It’s full of humor as well as adventure as you see two strong women face the depths of South America and work on their relationship as a mother and daughter.
Snatched came out mother’s day weekend and was the perfect movie for the occasion. See it in a theater near you.