Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
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4% of critics liked it
(24 reviews) -
25% of users liked it
(52,382 ratings)
Despite his status as a major action star, Sylvester Stallone has made a number of attempts to remodel himself as a comic actor; one of his more infamous efforts in this direction was Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot!. Police detective Joe Bromowski (Sylvester Stallone) has just broken off his… More Despite his status as a major action star, Sylvester Stallone has made a number of attempts to remodel himself as a comic actor; one of his more infamous efforts in this direction was Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot!. Police detective Joe Bromowski (Sylvester Stallone) has just broken off his relationship with his girlfriend (and fellow police officer) Gwen Harper (JoBeth Williams), so Joe's mother Tutti (Estelle Getty) decides it's time to pay him a visit. Tutti proceeds to make Joe's life miserable by nagging him about his clothes, cleaning his apartment, washing his gun, tagging along on investigations, and somehow getting involved with a gun-running organization that the police have been trying to infiltrate. After this film, Stallone would stay away from comedy until 1997, when he played a cameo in another unenthusiastically received film, An Alan Smithee Film -- Burn, Hollywood, Burn. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Written By
- Blake Snyder, William Osborne, William Davies
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Feb 1, 1992 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
Most of the blame for this unimaginative effort can be attributed to the script, but Spottiswoode's flat direction doesn't help.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
This mom is impossible without being funny.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It is moronic beyond comprehension, an exercise in desperation during which even Sylvester Stallone, a repository of self-confidence, seems to be disheartened.
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
As irksome as it is, the concept is actually better for Stallone than the premises of his earlier awful romps.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The doting-mother jokes are all familiar, but rendered with an earnest quality, as though a parent-offspring mediation group is to convene after the film ends.
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Cast
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Sylvester Stallone
as Sgt. Joe Bomowski
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Estelle Getty
as Tutti Bomowski
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JoBeth Williams
as Lt. Gwen Harper
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Roger Rees
as Parnell
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Martin Ferrero
as Paulie
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Gailard Sartain
as Munroe
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Dennis Burkley
as Mitchell
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J. Kenneth Campbell
as Ross
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Al Fann
as Lou
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Ella Joyce
as McCabe
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Vanessa Angel
as Stewardess
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Jana Arnold
as Mitchell's Girl
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Shari Ballard
as Detective
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Larry Campbell
as Detective
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Roydon E. Clark
as Bad Guy
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Christopher Collins
as Gang Member
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Norm Compton
as Thug
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Joey de Pinto
as Sgt. Ray Ban
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J.W. "Corkey" Fornof
as Pilot
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Shelley Hill
as Secretary
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Marjean Holden
as Stewardess
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Matt Johnston
as Thug
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Amy Kirkpatrick
as Detective
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J. David Krassner
as Detective
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Kimberley LaMarque
as Detective
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Michael A. Lerner
as Thug
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Ernie Lively
as Man at Airport
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Mark Mikesell
as Uniformed Cop
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Julia Montgomery
as Secretary
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Manny Perry
as Bad Guy
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Matthew Powers
as Taxi Driver
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Charles Renneisen
as Pilot
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Ving Rhames
as Mr. Stereo
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Nicholas Sadler
as Suicide
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John Sarviss
as Helicopter Pilot
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Richard Schiff
as Gun Clerk
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Brigitta Stenberg
as Stewardess
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Richard Suggett
as Truck Driver
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Art T. Yago
as Skycap
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Patti Yasutake
as TV Newscaster
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Jophery C. Brown
as Thug
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Justin Derosa
as Bad Guy
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John Wesley
as Tony
- Jackie Burch
