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Aaron Michael Metchik, Anna Chlumsky, Maureen Stapleton

Elizabeth, Jeremy, and Harry Martin have had it with their workaholic, nagging mother and they get in trouble at school with bullies and almost smoking cigarettes. They go to this mysterious gardener ...( read more  read more... )named Mrs. Cavour and she tells the siblings about an ancient spell to make their mother disappear. That night they say the incantation and the next morning, they wake up and they find their mother is gone and they can't remember anything about her. Mrs. Cavour tells the children about the Mommy Market, a place in town where they had about every mother you could think of. When they go there, the Mommy Market had a policy where you could have 3 tokens to take a mother home. If they could not find a suitable mother by their third token, they could never go back. The mothers they pick are not what they hoped for and they feel lost without someone to look after them. They wanted their very own mother to love and they must think of a memory of their own to remember her and break the spell.

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PG, 82 min.

Directed by: Tia Brelis

Release Date: May 13, 1994

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  • StaisilD
    August 29, 2007
    StaisilD
    Trading Mom (The Mummy Market.) is a really cute family movie, which stars Sissy Spacek as a mum, wished away by her kids. One of the kids being Anna Chlumsky, who with her brothers go in search for a new mum at "The Mummy Market". After, they try out some new mums they realise t...( read more)hey want their old and real mum back. It is a very unique and thoughtful movie for the whole family to see. It really puts into perspective that it doesn't matter if someone can give you everything you could ever want, take you where you want to go all the time, or is so much more fun, no one in this world can replace your Mom. I love how this movie brings in morals to the kids who watch this movie. A lot will realise that your Mother is one of the dearest and irreplaceable people in your life.
  • ileo
    April 14, 2008
    ileo
    Cute
  • Scott244
    February 10, 2009
    Scott244
    loved it, awesome show.
  • rachelpinkrox
    October 17, 2008
    rachelpinkrox
    I think I've seen this movie before, and it is ok. :)
  • Evangeline2005
    March 3, 2008
    Evangeline2005
    I used to love this movie.. I watched it so many times I kinda got sick of it and sold it at a yard sale.. too bad.. I really wanna watch it again lol.
  • 00Film
    February 4, 2008
    00Film
    I 1st watched this film when i was very young but it was alot of fun....luv 2 c it again!!!!
  • jonrmcmahon
    January 1, 2008
    jonrmcmahon
    Spacek's energy is a force to behold. A must see for her performance alone, and all-around a great family picture.
  • CaitMarie24
    November 15, 2007
    CaitMarie24
    Another Saturday afternoon favorite.

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