I expected to laugh a lot harder and more frequently. Mama's Boy isn't what I'd call a terrible movie. Instead, it's a movie that assembles a lot of interesting elements that never gel.
Mama's Boy (2007)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:1
Rotten:11
Average Rating:3.4/10
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language including sexual references, and some drug use.
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, and Anna Faris star in this comedy about a 29-year-old man (Heder) who still lives with his mother. He has no desire to leave, until his mother's new boyfriend (Jeff... Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, and Anna Faris star in this comedy about a 29-year-old man (Heder) who still lives with his mother. He has no desire to leave, until his mother's new boyfriend (Jeff Daniels) moves into their precious little world and forces him to grow up quick. [More]
Starring: Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels, Anna Faris
Starring: Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels, Anna Faris, Eli Wallach
Director: Tim Hamilton
Director: Tim Hamilton
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Producer: Heidi Santelli
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh
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Reviews for Mama's Boy
The picture is merely series of loose gags stumbling into each other while Heder makes faces, Hamilton spends more time on his soundtrack selections than his storytelling, as the rest of the cast waits patiently for their paychecks to clear.
...unless you are related to Keaton or Heder, I wouldn't advise you go out of your way to see it.
Things sadly come to a grinding halt when the schtick wears thin and starts to repeat itself.
Matters quickly regress into an antic romantic comedy, potentially buoyed by a strong cast but soon thwarted by a screenplay as leaden as it is predictable.
Mama's Boy is the ultimate, definitive, supremo bad movie, the universal black hole of suckage bad movie, the celluloid anti-Christ bad movie of bad movies -- not to put too fine a point on it or anything.
When the writer's this far off, the actors and the audience pay the price.
...there's certainly no understating the ineffectiveness of Heder's relentlessly (and irritatingly) over-the-top performance...
It's not that the movie is utterly bereft of arresting moments. It's just that each of these prominently features one of the aforementioned supporting cast and not the so-called star.
Ana Faris is the best thing in this predictable, often silly Jon Heder movie about a spoilt son trying to sabotage his mother's new relationship
Haphazardly conceived and clumsily executed, this aggressively quirky yet gratingly unfunny comedy appears set on the fast track to vidstore bins.
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