The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1993
Mother's Boys
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a divorce. She responds by trying to turn her three boys against Callie, then by slashing herself and blaming her rival and finally by drawing her 12-year-old, Kes, into a murderous plot.
The story
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a divorce. She responds by trying to turn her three boys against Callie, then by slashing herself and blaming her rival and finally by drawing her 12-year-old, Kes, into a murderous plot.
Cast
Jamie Lee CurtisJudith 'Jude' Madigan
Peter GallagherRobert Madigan
Joanne WhalleyColleen 'Callie' Harland
Vanessa RedgraveLydia
Luke EdwardsKes Madigan
Colin WardMichael
Joey ZimmermanBen
Joss AcklandLansing, Jude's Attorney
Paul GuilfoyleMark Kaplan
J.E. FreemanEverett
John C. McGinleyMr. Fogel, Teacher
Jill FreedmanNurse
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