When her daughter puts her name on the local election ballot as part of a homework assignment, hardworking mom Mary Maroni doesn’t think too much about it. After all, who would ever vote for her. When the incumbent mayor suddenly dies, though, Mary quickly discovers that a few people actually did vote for her and that is enough to get sworn in as the new mayor. It’s a slim thread of an idea to hang a movie from, but the excellent cast, especially Lea Thompson as Mary, do enough with it to make it a lot of fun. far too many family films swing between being too edgy or too silly in the hopes of catching some audience only the marketing department has eve seen. Mary Cupcake uses a different recipe, using simple ingredients in effective ways. The result is an unexpected treat.
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