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Mother
Directed by
Albert Brooks
PG-13
1997
1h 44m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.9
87%
76%
6.8
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After two failed marriages, a science fiction writer (Brooks) decides coming to terms with his mom will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with his mom (Reynolds).
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Cast of Mother
Albert Brooks
John Henderson / Director / Writer
Debbie Reynolds
Beatrice Henderson
Rob Morrow
Jeff Henderson
Lisa Kudrow
Linda
John C. McGinley
Carl
Isabel Glasser
Cheryl Henderson
James Gleason
Waiter
Vanessa Williams
Donna
Paul Collins
Lawyer
Laura Weekes
Karen Henderson
Richard Assad
TV Installer
Joey Naber
TV Installer
Danielle Quinn
Jill Henderson
Spencer Klein
Josh Henderson
Anne Haney
Helen
Billye Ree Wallace
Alice
Matt Nolan
'Gap' Salesman
Harry Hutchinson
Pet Store Salesman
Kimiko Gelman
Saleswoman at Victoria's Secret
Peter White
Charles
Mother Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The film is a loving yet obsessive parody of the generational stereotypes that stand between the Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation.
Paste Magazine
Mitchell Beaupre
Like Brooks' best work, there's an aura of comfort and familiarity, of warmth amidst the neuroses, with a self-effacing acidity underneath.
InSession Film
Dave Giannini
In some ways, Mother is the most frustrating kind of movie. It has a decent hook, and you can see what Brooks is going for. But it definitely never comes close to earning its way through that premise.
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Farah Cheded
Cleverly turning the self-obsessions of its lead character on its head, Mother is a wry comedy full of insight and unexpected sweetness.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Reynolds's exquisitely calibrated, mercurially comedic performance reveals the stifled passions that inform a lifetime of rigidly refined habits.
Slate
David Edelstein
Brooks' minimalism can be amazingly jampacked, but Mother is perilously slack.
CNN.com
Paul Tatara
What's really surprising here is that Brooks has finally discovered the very human heart beating beneath his trademark malcontent.
Newsweek
David Ansen
In its deceptively modest way, this edgily sweet comedy gets closer to the bone of mother-son relationships than many a more solemn opus.
Associated Press
Bob Thomas
Brooks has created his best work so far. His oddball comedy has sometimes missed the target, but with Mother he has chosen an ancient theme and given it a smart, modern spin.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
For the most part its droll humor rubbed me the right way despite its pat facile conclusion and all the product placements.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
For people who believe that a grown-up son can never go home again, Brook's serio comedy, one of the few Hollywood pictures dealing with mother-son relationship in a poignant way, came as a surprise; Debbie Reynolds in a comeback turn is great.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The finely honed Mother proves that a new Brooks film is well worth the wait.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
''Mother'' winds up showing a surprising degree of insight without compromising its deft, badgering comic tone.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It wasn't the automatic laughter produced by slam-dunk punch lines, but the laughter of recognition, of insight, even sometimes of squirmy discomfort, as the truths hit close to home.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A must-see.
USA Today
Not only will you laugh at someone else's pathetic problems, it'll save you money on therapy.
Entertainment Weekly
Mother is shrewd, funny, and sweetly engaging; it's the first film Brooks has made that may even bring a tear to your eye.
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