Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

A tough police sergeant's overbearing mother comes to visit him and begins to meddle in his life and career.

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Writers:

Blake Snyder, William Osborne

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

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
Jana Arnold	...	Mitchell's Girl
Christopher Collins	...	Gang Member

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

head dunked in a toilet | pinching cheek | male wears underwear | man in a shower | woman wears eyeglasses | 

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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.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for a scene of nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the second comedy which Martin Ferrero played in with Sylvester Stallone (who mostly did action, and drama movies). The first movie they were in together was " Oscar"(1991).

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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.

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Quotes

Tutti Bomowski: [singing softly and contentedly as she sloshes and scrubs Joe's prized .45 in the dishpan] This is the way we wash our gun... wash our gun... wash our gun...

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Crazy Credits

Film title logo when end credits are done

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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.

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Connections

Spoofs Dirty Harry (1971)

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Soundtracks

Undecided
Words by Sid Robin
Music by Charles Shavers
Performed by The Ames Brothers
Courtesy of MCA Records

User Reviews

Good entertainment

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.

Details

Official Sites:

It's Filmed There. Filming Locations of Los Angeles SHOFe

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Filming Locations:

290 South Toluca Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,058,590, 23 February 1992

Gross USA:

$28,411,210

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$70,611,210

Company Credits

Production Co:

Northern Lights Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1