US
2005
70 minutes
Director: Erin Greenwell

Take the witty, raucous 2006 festival favorite The D Word, add the slapstick charm of “The Odd Couple” and mix in a little road adventure of Thelma and Louise and you get Mom -- the year’s quintessential dyke buddy movie!

What starts out as a routine assignment for an uptight, career-driven reporter and her cheery, inquisitive butch camerawoman quickly becomes a comedy of errors as the two find their direction in life. The odd couple, Kelly and Linda, (respectively Emily Burton from Lesbian Pulp-O-Rama and Julie Goldman from the Big Gay Show on Logo) pack up the car and hit the open road as market researchers videotaping various strangers answering hypothetical questions about allergies. In true comical fashion, their personalities clash when the ambitious but often-times bitter Kelly strives to work harder to fulfill her aspirations of being a news reporter, while carefree and content Linda is just passing time until she opens her tattoo parlor. On one of their many stops is a small town called Little Hope, which is exactly what they experience -- no hope finding a hotel room because of the town’s largest event of the year -- the annual chili cook-off. The only place with a bed (and bunk beds to boot) is the youth hostel filled with a cast of characters like the awkward first-time girlfriends and the snarling manager who instills a nightly curfew. Their wacky adventure escalates when Linda hooks up with an old flame and Kelly desperately tries to find cell phone reception, which could lead to her finally achieving happiness. Director Erin Greenwell takes us on a ride through humorous misadventures jam-packed with snappy dialogue, sympathetic characters and laugh-out-loud scenarios true to classic buddy comedies — with a lesbian twist! – Kelly Burkhardt