In theaters this weekend isSnatched, the R-rated mother/daughter buddy comedy from50/50andWarm BodiesdirectorJohnathan Levine. The film starsAmy Schumeras Emily Middleton, a woman who finds herself bottoming out in life when she’s fired from her menial job and dumped by her boyfriend on the eve of an exotic vacation. With two non-refundable tickets in hand, Emily invites her mother Linda (Goldie Hawn), a reclusive woman living with her cats and agoraphobic son (Ike Barinholtz). While their opposing personalities cause plenty of conflict, the Middleton women have to find a way to work together when they’re kidnapped in the midst of paradise and have to find their way home. As you might expect, they meet quite a few far-out characters along the way, includingChristopher Melonias a blow-hard adventurer who’s not quite what he seems andWanda Sykesas a vigilant, skeptical woman traveling with her ex-special ops wife (Joan Cusack).
WithSnatchedlanding in theaters just in time for Mother’s Day, the folks at 20th Century Fox embraced the mom-com spirit and invited my lovely mother and best friend Laura Foutch (a self-professed diehard Goldie Hawn fan) to join me at the junket for interviews. While there, we chatted with Meloni, Sykes and Barinholtz about the best pop culture mother-daughter duos, their favorite funny stories with their own moms, and sharing the screen with a comedy icon.
From screenwriterKatie Dippoldand producerPaul Feig, the duo behindThe HeatandGhostbusters,Snatchedis now in theaters. Watch our full interview above.
Here’s the official synopsis forSnatched:
After her boyfriend dumps her on the eve of their exotic vacation, impetuous dreamer Emily Middleton (Amy Schumer) persuades her ultra-cautious mother, Linda (Goldie Hawn) to travel with her to paradise. Polar opposites, Emily and Linda realize that working through their differences as mother and daughter – in unpredictable, hilarious fashion – is the only way to escape the wildly outrageous jungle adventure they have fallen into.
