Back to School Mom

Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old university, she becomes close friends with her popular and charming "peer tutor" -- only to learn that he is actually the son she gave up 20 years earlier.

Cast

Kimberly Elise

as Mary Thomas

Denzel Whitaker

as Noah Riley

Loretta Devine

as Meghan Graham

Harry Lennix

as Lawrence Riley

Rick Fox

as Matthew Kessler

Garcelle Beauvais

as Dee Riley

Danny Araujo

as Guy

Mufeez S. Bukhari

as Spencer Hays

Dale Jackson

as Long

Sibongile Mlambo

as Beth

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