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Release Date:
25 December 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
No Actual Mothers Were Harmed During The Making Of This Motion Picture. more
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A neurotic, twice divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mom to solve his personal problems. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 3 wins
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Ted Winner Pens Multiculti Charter for Compassion, Celebrations Follow.
(From Fast Company. 13 November 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Movie Reviews: 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 January 2006)
(From Fast Company. 13 November 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Movie Reviews: 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 January 2006)
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Incredible Depiction of One Man's Coming to Terms with an Overbearing Mother
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Collins | ... | Lawyer |
 | Laura Weekes | ... | Karen Henderson |
 | Albert Brooks | ... | John Henderson |
 | John C. McGinley | ... | Carl |
 | Debbie Reynolds | ... | Beatrice Henderson |
| Richard Assad | ... | TV Installer |
| Joey Naber | ... | TV Installer |
 | Vanessa Williams | ... | Donna |
 | Lisa Kudrow | ... | Linda |
 | Rob Morrow | ... | Jeff Henderson |
 | Isabel Glasser | ... | Cheryl Henderson |
| Danielle Quinn | ... | Jill Henderson |
| Spencer Klein | ... | Josh Henderson |
 | Ernie Lively | ... | Man at Rest Stop (as Ernie Brown) |
| Anne Haney | ... | Helen |
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.
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104 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
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Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Chile:14 |
Norway:11 |
Singapore:PG |
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USA:PG-13
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Director/writer/actor Albert Brooks asked Nancy Reagan (who used to act under the name Nancy Davis) to play the part of his mother. Nancy really wanted to come out of acting retirement to play the role, but declined because she couldn't bear to be away from husband and former president Ronald Reagan, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Also on Brooks' list of former actresses to play his mother was Doris Day, but she showed no interest in coming out of acting retirement. Brooks is an old friend of actress/writer Carrie Fisher, and he knew her famous mother (Debbie Reynolds) through her. (Debbie used to try to pair Albert and Carrie off for marriage.) Brooks was looking for a big-name actress from the past and called Fisher to see if she thought her mother would accept the role. Fisher said yes, as did Reynolds.
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Revealing mistakes: When John is reading his mothers transcript of the story she wrote in her youth we see that she has misspelled the name of the Whitman's candy company as Whittman.
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John Henderson:
[upon eating very old orange sherbet] Blaaah! Oh God, this is horribly old! This tastes like an orange foot!
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Mike Myers/Aerosmith (#22.16)" (1997)
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Humoresque
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Mother is definitely one of Albert Brooks' finest films, in both the directorial and performance departments. It is a funny, touching, and sometimes frustrating story of a science fiction novelist, played by Brooks, trying to find the cause of his failed personal relationships by moving back in with his mother, played excellently by Debbie Reynolds.
Not a laugh riot, as it was not intended to be, Mother is a study in the relationship between an overbearing, yet non-attentive mother, and her distraught, hopelessly lost son. The performances are exquisite by all of the players, including the little seen Rob Morrow as the momma's boy sports agent brother of Brooks' character.
A true triumph for Albert Brooks and a little known gem, Mother is an unforgettable film which can also stand to teach a few lessons about what parents and their children give up in order to live with one another.
Highly recommended.