Mama's Boy (2007)

A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when she hears wedding bells with her self-help guru beau.

Director:

Tim Hamilton

Writer:

Hank Nelken

Stars:

Diane Keaton, Jon Heder, Jeff Daniels

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jon Heder	...	Jeffrey Mannus
Diane Keaton	...	Jan Mannus
Jeff Daniels	...	Mert Rosenbloom
Anna Faris	...	Nora Flannigan
Eli Wallach	...	Seymour Warburton
Dorian Missick	...	Mitch
Sarah Chalke	...	Maya
Mary Kay Place	...	Barbara
Adam Devine	...	Alhorn (as Adam DeVine)
Simon Helberg	...	Rathkon
Rhys Coiro	...	Trip
Hank Doughan	...	Young Jeffrey (as Hank Dougan)
Laura Kightlinger	...	Mert's Secretary
Dennis Cockrum	...	Bus Driver
Hank Nelken	...	Richard

Storyline

Eccentric Jeffrey Mannus is 29 years old and still lives at home with his mom, Jan. He sees no reason to alter this arrangement, but his perfect world is upended when Jan meets Mert, a motivational speaker. Mert successfully woos Jan and moves in on Jeffrey's territory, something Jeffrey will not tolerate. Jeffrey enlists the aid of an unlikely ally, an aspiring singer-songwriter, Nora, with an anti-establishment penchant and a soft spot for him. As the war between Mert and Jeffrey escalates, something unprecedented happens -- slowly, to both his own surprise and horror, Jeffrey discovers his inner adult.

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Plot Keywords:

dead turtle | death of pet | pet funeral | dead father | starbucks | 

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Taglines:

You have to fight for the right to never grow up.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language including sexual references, and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is a scene filmed at the Burbank location of PC Club, a small computer chain that at once was nationwide but went bankrupt in July 2008.

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Goofs

In the scene when Nora drops Jeffrey off after coming back from Arizona, just as he punches the air in rage and the camera backs up, the camera's movement backwards disturbs a plant in the bottom of the shot.

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Quotes

Jeffrey Mannus: You can't win my affection back with Manwhich!

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Biggest Mama's Boys in Movies (2017)

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Soundtracks

The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
Written by Billy Bragg
Performed by Billy Bragg

User Reviews

15 million dollars to make this? That's some expensive garbage!

'What the hell did I just watch????' Those were my closing thoughts after I subjected myself to one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. Some movies are bad. Some movies suck. But there's only one movie that's horrible enough to claim the title worst movie ever made: this movie.

But just how bad is it? I'm glad you asked. I can sum it up as 93 of the longest minutes of my life. The movie just wouldn't end. I'm sure it didn't help that I was looking at the clock every ten seconds. It might even be a be a benefit in that way. Say you only have 93 minutes to live. Hell, sit through this colossal mess of a film and then seconds will stretch on like years.

What the problem that is wasn't funny? Sort of. Was it funny? No. But that wasn't the problem. The problem was that there were no jokes. Some movies aren't funny, but at least they make an attempt to be. This movie didn't even try. It's like the producers just slapped together words in a certain order for a 'script' (I use that term very loosely for this movie) and then cast well-respected actors to earn back it's budget.

Which brings me to my next point: the actors. Diane Keaton is a previous Oscar-winner who's starred in classic films such as 'The Godfather,' 'The Godfather Part II,' and 'Annie Hall.' Now she's doing this kind of garbage? There must not be much work out there. Same goes for Jeff Daniels. I wouldn't consider him a great actor, but he's been in some solid films over the years. And Eli Wallach? You appeared in one of my favorite films of all time in 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.' I guess you don't tread too far away from unfamiliar territory, because this is film is UGLY (for all the wrong reasons.)

I'm going on too long about this film. It's already wasted too much of my time. My only hope in writing this review was to scare away potential viewers. To warn them of the dangerous, life-scarring, torturous, agonizing, cruel experience that would await. How anyone could rate this movie about a 3 is beyond me. They either 1) accidentally rated the wrong film 2) worked on the film (though that's not something to be proud of) or 3) are on drugs of some sort (maybe that will somewhat salvage this mess.)

If you watch this whole movie, start to finish, you deserve some type of reward, my friend. If you can sit through it twice, my God, you must be inhuman.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Ana kuzusu

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$688,145

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Carr-Santelli

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 94 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1