Smother

Smother (2008)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 22% of users liked it
    (3,251 ratings)

When an everyday thirtysomething is fired from his job, his unemployment woes are soon compounded as the ticking of his wife's maternal clock reaches a deafening pitch, and his overbearing mother announces plans to move in with the struggling couple. Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, and Diane Keaton star… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 31, 2007 Wide
Variance Films

Critic Reviews

  • Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

    suffers from a distinct 'been there, done that' feeling to it

  • Jason McKiernan, Filmcritic.com

    doomed from conception

  • Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze

    Not exactly unequivocal accolades for the mom in your life, nor is it Mommie Dearest packing closet hangers. But there's a decided appreciation for the woman who raised you, warts and all, and debriefing of an assortment of lingering childhood grudges.

  • Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze

    Not exactly unequivocal accolades for the mom in your life, nor is it Mommie Dearest packing closet hangers. But there's a decided appreciation for the woman who raised you, warts and all, and debriefing of an assortment of lingering childhood grudges.

  • Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly

    Smother feels like the sort of misbegotten curiosity Comedy Central uses to fill its Sunday afternoon programming.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    I don't understand all the bad reviews of this film. I was laughing out loud throughout. I thought that this movie had many, many chuckle moments, and I'm not all that easy to please when it comes to comedies. Dax Shepard just cracked me up. Diane Keaton was alot on the… More

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    CAST: Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Ken Howard, Selma Stern, Jerry Lambert, Don Lake DIRECTED BY: Vince Di Meglio SUMMARY: After losing his job, therapist Noah Cooper (Dax Shepard) returns home to discover that his loud, pushy mother (Diane Keaton) has left… More

  • Leigh R


    Funny stuff, for sure.

  • Cassie H


    Very bizarre but cute movie. Good.

  • Mason W


    Smother, starring Diane Keaton and Liv Tyler is a good comedy. A young couple trying to start out have to compete with having her brother and his mother reside with them for several weeks....many crazy things ensue...a cute movie to see and I love Diane Keaton.

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