
Back to School Mom
2015-02-14 · 88 min · ★ 5.3
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old university, she becomes close friends with her popular and charming "peer tutor" -- only to learn that he is actually the son she gave up 20 years earlier.
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- Directors
- Christopher Erskin
- Production companies
- Intelligent Media Productions, 120dB Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Kimberly EliseMary Thomas
Denzel WhitakerNoah Riley
Loretta DevineMeghan Graham
Harry LennixLawrence Riley
Rick FoxMatthew Kessler
Garcelle BeauvaisDee Riley
Danny AraujoGuy
Sibongile MlamboBeth
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