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Name: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Released: 1992-2-21
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, Ving Rhames

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

PG-13
1h 27m
1992

14%

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Justice is served up family-style as Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty star in this mother of all action comedies. When top L.A. detective Joe Bomowski (Stallone) gets a rare visit from his feisty mom, Tutti (Getty), his life is turned upside-down. In no time, she is rearranging Joe's bachelor pad and meddling in his affairs, much to his embarrassment and the delight of his girlfriend, Gwen (JoBeth Williams). To add to Joe's problems, Tutti witnesses a murder and becomes the unlikely partner when she refuses to divulge information unless she's allowed in on the investigation. Just when Joe is ready to kill himself, Tutti helps bring down the bad guys, proving Mother-knows-best in this outrageous action-adventure comedy.

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Producer:

Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Michael C. Gross

Writer:

Blake Snyder, William Osborne, William Davies

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Angel

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

14%

Critics Consensus: Thoroughly witless and thuddingly unfunny, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot gives its mismatched stars very little to work with - and as a result, they really don't work.

Reviews

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David Nusair

...boasts a fairly amiable vibe that’s perpetuated by the smattering of entertaining set-pieces and the actors’ strong efforts...

A refreshing reminder that sometimes movies can be everything they need to be by offering nothing more than a hairbrained setup or a particularly delicious cast pairing, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot delivers exactly what it promises, and delightfully so.

Stallone may be too dippy and Getty's character over-exaggerated and only marginally charming, but the chemistry between the leads is generally agreeable.

I laughed occasionally, but in pain.

Stallone has developed into an accomplished comedy actor, knowing to react to situations rather than cause them. Getty has the role of her lifetime, spouting one-liners with fine precision.

June 12, 2018

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