Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow

After two divorces, sci-fi novelist John Henderson realizes that if he doesn't straighten out his relationship with his mother, Beatrice, he is never going to be able to make it work with other women ...( read more  read more... )in his life. To this end, he moves back home and tries to figure out exactly where everything went wrong. As change begins to occur, it not only affects John and his mother, but his younger brother, Jeff, as well. Together, they are forced to reexamine what it's like to be a member of this family.

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87% liked it

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PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Albert Brooks

Release Date: March 14, 1996

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DVD Release Date: February 13, 2001

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  • August 13, 2007
    MOTHER! more like granny tut tut!
  • July 1, 2008
    humourous..toned-down Albert..some good one liners..
  • June 23, 2009
    amazing performance from reynolds
  • July 30, 2008
    BLITHER BLITHER BLITHER!
  • July 15, 2008
    While a great premise and some wonderfully written scenes, it wasn't really that good.
  • November 17, 2007
    funny as hell! great movie!
  • September 21, 2007
    My favorite comedy of all times!!! Simply S-U-P-E-R-B!!!!!!
  • August 28, 2007
    Consistently funny writing as we look at a man who wants to get back to his child hood and fix his broken relationship with his mother. Does a hilarious job of examining the differences between Brooks' and Reynolds' mother/son characters, especially with the shopping scene. "Sw...( read more)eet Tooth?!"
  • August 24, 2007
    Like most Albert Brooks movies, great witty dialogue! I can relate with his mom's food!

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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. full review

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  • babytaffster
    July 9, 2007
    Possibly the most perfectly written movie ever (or one of)Its super funny and so realistic its almost scary.

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