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Title: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sylvester Stallone | ... | Joe Bomowski | |
| Estelle Getty | ... | Tutti | |
| JoBeth Williams | ... | Gwen Harper | |
| Roger Rees | ... | Parnell | |
| Martin Ferrero | ... | Paulie | |
| Gailard Sartain | ... | Munroe | |
| John Wesley | ... | Tony | |
| Al Fann | ... | Lou | |
| Ella Joyce | ... | McCabe | |
| J. Kenneth Campbell | ... | Ross | |
| Nicholas Sadler | ... | Suicide | |
| Dennis Burkley | ... | Mitchell | |
| Ving Rhames | ... | Mr. Stereo | |
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Jana Arnold | ... | Mitchell's Girl |
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Christopher Collins | ... | Gang Member |
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A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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head dunked in a toilet | pinching cheek | mother | police | embarrassment |Taglines:
Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 February 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer! See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$7,058,590, 23 February 1992Gross USA:
$28,411,210Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$70,611,210Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Johannes Brahms (uncredited)
Sung by Estelle Getty
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According to Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger tricked Stallone into being in this flop comedy by starting a rumor that he wanted the movie himself. Sly admitted in a conversation with journalist Sandro Monetti at Manchester Arena that he heard Arnold wanted to do the movie, and, after hearing that, said that he wanted to do it. Later he understood that Arnie tricked him. See more »Goofs
When Joe is in the office with Gwen talking about his mother, there is a woman seen outside wearing a blue shirt. She keeps changing her position during Joe and Gwen's conversation. She looks into the office through the window with blinds holding a folder, then she is on the telephone, then she is back to looking through the window until Gwen signals her to move away. See more »Crazy Credits
Film title logo when end credits are done See more »Alternate Versions
The original UK cinema version was cut by 6 secs by the BBFC to remove shots of a man's hand being crushed in a door and to edit the sounds of a man's scream and crash as he is thrown from a window. All video releases were uncut. See more »Soundtracks
Brahms' Lullaby(uncredited)
Written by Johannes Brahms (uncredited)
Sung by Estelle Getty
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IMDb averaging 4/10? No way! This is great fun. Sly is a tough but fair cop living a bachelor lifestyle whose minuscule mother comes to stay with him. In no time she's trying to 'improve' him with motherly advice, improve his diet and get him back together with his lady love. It never dips into sentimentality or become too serious, and is a quality, well-paced production in general.
Happening to catch this on TV recently, I'd long forgotten that Sly can not only act when he wants to, but has excellent comic timing. (He really should have not spent so much time trying to be an action hero, but explored his dramatic and comic abilities). There are some really good moments, such as when his mom squares up to a sly villain threatening her son and comes out with a catchphrase of Sly's real-life rival Arnie Schwartzenegger.
The only criticism I'd give is that toward the end a slightly laborious car chase is thrown in, but thankfully the comedy returns as his interfering mom steps in again. Good entertainment, and it really, really deserves at least a couple of stars more on the IMDb rating.