The Oscar-winner plays a bad mother in the new movie - which also stars daughter Eva Amurri - and she is relieved she is not playing the goodie for once.

She says, “The burden of sincerity is such a drag.

“You always want to play Hook and not Peter Pan. When you are saying horrible things you can just throw them away and they have such a life of their own.

“It's so much fun to be able to beat up your daughter on film.�