Watching The Intern with Anne Hathaway recently, I was delighted to see a character that I could relate to. She’s a perfectionist, driven by her own passion for her work and family. While I found the need to create conflict between her and her husband unfortunate, if you overlook this, I think I’ve finally watched a working mom movie I can endorse.

The character, she was real. When she committed to something at work, it got done, and done with high quality. When she committed to her family, she was there for them.

In one scene, she is dropping her young daughter off at school and is greeted by two moms. They ask her about bringing guacamole to a party at school a following Friday, and chide her by telling her she could buy it since she’s so busy. She retorts there is no need, she’ll make it. When she re-enters her car, she says, “God, taking the high road is exhausting. It’s 2015, are we really still critical of working moms? Seriously? Still?”

Amen. And yes, unfortunately, we are, but hopefully if we can keep portraying the reality of working moms, we love our jobs and our kids, maybe we can change that.

Thank you, Anne Hathaway, for a great movie. Made my Friday night!

Are there other good working mom movies I should watch?