As a filmmaker,Paul Feigis no stranger to female-driven stories. Since his 2011 surprise sensationBridesmaids, Feig has been putting talented female comedians front-and-center inThe Heat,Spy, andGhostbusters. WithSnatched, Feig is at it again as producer. Directed by50/50andWarm BodiesdirectorJonathan Levine,Snatcheddelivers adventure, raunchy humor, and a story of mother-daughter bonding led byAmy SchumerandGoldie Hawn, returning to the screen for her first feature film in 15 years.
Schumer as Emily Middleton, a woman who finds herself bottoming out in life when she’s fired from her menial job and dumped by her boyfriend on the eve of an exotic vacation. With two non-refundable tickets in hand, Emily invites her mother Linda (Hawn), a reclusive woman living with her cats and agoraphobic son (Ike Barinholtz). While their opposing personalities cause plenty of conflict, the Middleton women have to find a way to work together when they’re kidnapped in the midst of paradise and have to find their way home.
WithSnatchedlanding in theaters just in time for Mother’s Day, the folks at 20th Century Fox embraced the mom-com spirit and invited my lovely mother and best friend Laura Foutch (a self-professed diehard Goldie Hawn fan) to join me at the junket for interviews. While there, we chatted with Feig and Levine about the appeal of female-driven stories, Levine’s unpredictable resume and why he was drawn to the mother-daughter dynamic, and their favorite crazy story with their moms.
FromThe HeatandGhostbustersscreenwriterKatie Dippold,Snatchedalso starsJoan Cusack,Wanda Sykes, andChristopher Meloniand arrives in theaters on May 12th. Watch our full interview above andread Matt Goldberg’s review here.
Here’s the official synopsis forSnatched:
After her boyfriend dumps her on the eve of their exotic vacation, impetuous dreamer Emily Middleton (Amy Schumer) persuades her ultra-cautious mother, Linda (Goldie Hawn) to travel with her to paradise. Polar opposites, Emily and Linda realize that working through their differences as mother and daughter – in unpredictable, hilarious fashion – is the only way to escape the wildly outrageous jungle adventure they have fallen into.
