Smother (2008)
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38% of critics liked it
(8 reviews) -
22% of users liked it
(3,250 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 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 in a film directed by Vince Di Meglio, co-scripted by Di Meglio and Tim Rasmussen, and produced by Rasmussen, Bill Johnson, and Jay Roach. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Vince Di Meglio
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 31, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Variance Films
Critic Reviews
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
suffers from a distinct 'been there, done that' feeling to it
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Jason McKiernan, Filmcritic.com
doomed from conception
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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.
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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.
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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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Cast
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Diane Keaton
as Marilyn Cooper
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Dax Shepard
as Noah Cooper
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Liv Tyler
as Clare Cooper
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Mike White
as Myron Stubbs
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Ken Howard
as Gene Cooper
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Selma Stern
as Helen Cooper
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Jerry Lambert
as Donnie Booker
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Don Lake
as Minister
- Cameron Bender
- Cletus Young
- Matt Steinauer
- Sarah Lancaster
- Steven Christopher Parker
