A widowed mother must struggle to raise her four children. She insists that the youngest of them, who turns out to be a gifted architect, must leave the family in order to save his career and to avoid a scandal.


Is it worth the watch? If you like those old movies where everyone is constantly at 100% emotion, then yes, Mother's Cry is worth your time. It is a total weepie for people who enjoy seeing a mother suffer for the sake of her children. People who hate slow, stag-y dialogue from the early sound era should probably stay ...

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"Is it worth the watch? If you like those old movies where everyone is constantly at 100% emotion, then yes, Mother's Cry is worth your time. It is a total weepie for people who enjoy seeing a mother suffer for the sake of her children. People who hate slow, stag-y dialogue from the early sound era should probably stay far away. It feels like a play most of the time, and not always in a good way. I think mothers everywhere will either feel seen or just be really glad their kids aren't this much o..."
Helen Grace Carlisle, Lenore J. Coffee
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