Is Eve or Margo Nick Marshall's mother?

In What Women Want, we are informed in the beginning of the movie that when Nick was a child, Nick's mother (who was a Vegas showgirl) and all of her showgirl friends absolutely adored him and how he had all of them wrapped around his finger.

When we see Nick at present day, there are two older women who are constantly fawning all over him and complimenting him every time we see them. Nick only refers to them as "girls" or "ladies"

They are listed in the credits as Eve and Margo. I don't recall Nick or anyone else ever refer to them by first name. I certainly don't recall Nick referring to any of them as "mother."

Are one of these women Nick's mother?

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Best Answer

Mel Gibson (who plays Nick Marshall) was born in 1956, making him 44 years old at the time this movie was released.

Delta Burke (Eve) was also born in 1956, roughly 6 months after Mr. Gibson.

Valerie Perrine (Margo) was born in 1943, making her 57 years old at the time the movie was released.

I don't recall anything in the movie to suggest any of these characters are significantly older or younger than the actors who portray them, which would suggest to me that no, neither of these women is intended to be Nick's mother. Margo would've had to give birth at the tender age of 13 for that to work out (which adds a whole new layer of cringe onto an already cringeworthy film.)

Also, movies are not generally shy about announcing who's related to whom (unless it's a major plot twist,) so if either of these characters were intended to be his mother, I would have expected him to call her "mom" at some point.