The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom is a 2011 Canadian coming-of-age film written and directed by Tara Johns and starring Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows and Julia Sarah Stone.
Elizabeth and her friend Annabelle are looking forward to their bodies maturing, including the possibility that they might get "big boobs" like Dolly Parton.
Annabelle's mother, Stella, who is active in the woman's movement, admires Dolly as a strong independent businesswoman, adding to Elizabeth's fantasy.
[4] Bruce DeMara of Toronto Star said that "The Year My Mom Was Dolly Parton relies on a good but not great script, well-drawn characters and performances and a pleasant, fuzzy sense of a simpler time".
[5] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail wrote: "An ingratiating but overly contrived Canadian coming-of-age tale".