motherhood

Lockhart’s casting as Maureen Robinson in “Lost in Space” feels like a line drawn from Ruth Martin, “Lassie” having established her as an archetypal figure of motherhood.

It’s wonderfully sincere and, strangely, one of the few things about Bronstein’s film — an anxious, honest triumph about motherhood and mayhem — that feels pleasant to watch.

Keaton adopted both of her kids after moving back to Los Angeles from New York in the 1980s, having admitted that she didn’t initially think motherhood was something she would ever be ready for.

Soon she is pregnant with Lillian, later nicknamed “Gish” for the silent film actor, and motherhood overwhelms her.

Just like motherhood, you can put all of your energy and effort into trying to improve something, only for it to change the second you take your eyes off it.