Mr. Mom

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Mr. Mom

PG,

1983,

1h 31m,

Comedy/

Drama

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77%

26 Reviews

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57%

25,000+ Ratings

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26 Reviews

57%

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25,000+ Ratings

During the 1980s recession, automobile engineer Jack (Michael Keaton) is fired from his job. When his wife, Caroline (Teri Garr), finds a job before he does, they switch roles, placing him in the unfamiliar position of homemaker and caretaker to their three children. He embarks upon a series of misadventures, from navigating grocery store trips to playing poker games with housewives. Jack and Caroline must figure out the intricacies of their new roles while maintaining their relationship.

Critics Consensus

Mr. Mom makes up for its stereotype-driven premise with a sweet script and charming work from a well-matched cast led by Michael Keaton and Teri Garr.

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Diane Shipley

Bitch Media

Jan 14, 2021

Reinforcing traditional gender roles is the entire point of 1983's Mr Mom.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2/4

They had a great idea here. It's too bad they didn't follow it through on a human level, instead of making it feel made up and artificial and twice-removed, from the everyday experience it pretends to be about.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Aug 7, 2003

3/5

Sit-com material, ably done, with Keaton's off-kilter delivery a highlight.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Sep 6, 2024

2.5/4

... a slapstick consideration of gender roles in the early 1980s.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Jan 7, 2023

It’s an interesting time capsule and a funny family comedy, even if it reworks 1950s sitcom stereotypes for 1980s suburbia.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 11, 2021

2.5/4

Mr. Mom rarely rises above the level of a polished TV sitcom, and the notion of a stay-at-home dad, treated here as The Craziest Idea Ever!, had already taken root by 1983. Still, it's hard to resist Keaton in this seemingly tailor-made role.

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Rey W

Dec 8, 2018

Michael Keaton plays an engineer turned house husband, struggling with the kids and chores while wife Teri Garr follows a marketing career in this comedy that has some cringe-worthy, sexist dialogue and an inability to relate to.

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Oct 15, 2018

I know we're all wondering when are we ever going to see a sequel to your old movies like the movies Multiplicity and Mr. Mom I know I love them two movies and I would love to see sequels to them

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Anakin L

Sep 16, 2018

A good classical comedy with spilled chlli everyewhere. It isn't your master piece but it's good enough.

Leia S

Aug 26, 2018

it's a cute 80's movie; nothing i'd go out of my way to watch, but i enjoyed watching it when it came on.

Luke R

Oct 8, 2017

One of my favorites as a child. Still have funny thoughts pop into my jead til this day about this movie

Abraham R

Aug 9, 2017

Mr. Mom is directed by Stan Dragoti, and it stars Michael Keaton and Teri Garr in a comedy about a father who was laid off from his work, and when her wife end up getting a job faster than he did, he has to stay at home to take care of his kids while his wife goes to work. I been wanting to see this for quite some time as I need to watch all of the films that John Hughes was involved as writer or director, and with Michael Keaton being well known in comedies instead of Bateman during the time, I'm curious to see where his career was before Batman, which this was a great movie, even if it doesn't feel like a John Hughes film. Michael Keaton is very likable in this, and I do like how comedically confused he is in being a stay at home parent. The characters are interesting, and I did find the wife's story just as interesting as Michael Keaton's story. The plot is very sitcomy, which is interesting because there was a sitcom that was on the Freeform channel called Baby Daddy, which I have no intention in seeing it. The jokes get a laugh from me, and the best part was when it starts going on soap opera territory which is probably where you start to get a hint of John Hughes in there. The plot is predictable at times, and there are scenes that you seen in so many films that done it. Mr. Mom may not be as fantastic as the John Hughes classics, but I did like what I saw of it, but would not watch it as much as his bests.

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Stan Dragoti

Director

Michael Keaton

Jack

Teri Garr

Caroline

Ann Jillian

Joan

Frederick Koehler

Alex

Taliesin Jaffe

Kenny

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Synopsis

During the 1980s recession, automobile engineer Jack (Michael Keaton) is fired from his job. When his wife, Caroline (Teri Garr), finds a job before he does, they switch roles, placing him in the unfamiliar position of homemaker and caretaker to their three children. He embarks upon a series of misadventures, from navigating grocery store trips to playing poker games with housewives. Jack and Caroline must figure out the intricacies of their new roles while maintaining their relationship.

Director: Stan Dragoti
Producer: Lynn Loring, Lauren Shuler Donner
Screenwriter: John Hughes
Production Co: Sherwood Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 7, 2016
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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