Mommy

Mommy is a 1995 American low budget thriller starring Patty McCormack as a mother who is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann (Rachel Lemieux). McCormack is best known for her role as Rhoda Penmark in the 1956 film The Bad Seed. The film also stars Sarah Jane Miller, Rachel Lemieux, Jason Miller, Brinke Stevens, Michael Cornelison, Mark Spellman, Majel Barrett Mickey Spillane, Marian Wald, Janelle Vanerstrom, Judith Meyers, Nathan Collins, Tom Castillo, and Tom Summit. Plot The movie is set in the town of Woodscreek, Iowa and narrated via voice over throughout by a twelve-year-old girl named Jessica Ann. One afternoon, her mother, known as Mrs. Sterling, visits the McKinley Elementary School Jessica Ann attends to meet with her teacher, Mrs. Withers. Jessica Ann has repeatedly won previous Student of the Year awards the last two years, but this year Mrs. Withers has decided to award the prize this year to another student, a Mexican boy named Eduardo Melendez. Mrs. Sterling dislikes this decision and learns it's because he is a person of color. After Mrs. Withers refuses to change her mind about the award, Mrs. Sterling pushes her off a stepladder and breaks her neck with her bare hands. After Mrs. Sterling tells Jessica Ann that she found her teacher dead, the police arrive led by detective Lt. March who immediately suspects that the death may not be accidental. After interviewing Mrs. Sterling, he tells her he will be in touch and implies he suspects her involvement. Mrs. Sterling has previously been married twice, first to Jessica Ann’s father and then to her second husband Mr. Sterling. During her narration, Jessica Ann reveals that her mother may have married Mr. Sterling to gain access to his finances, although he was not as rich as she first thought.