Main Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, Martin Ferrero
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 87 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Despite his status as a major action star, Sylvester Stallone has made a number of attempts to remodel himself as a comic actor; one of his more infamous efforts in this direction was Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot!. Police detective Joe Bromowski (Sylvester Stallone) has just broken off his relationship with his girlfriend (and fellow police officer) Gwen Harper (JoBeth Williams), so Joe's mother Tutti (Estelle Getty) decides it's time to pay him a visit. Tutti proceeds to make Joe's life miserable by nagging him about his clothes, cleaning his apartment, washing his gun, tagging along on investigations, and somehow getting involved with a gun-running organization that the police have been trying to infiltrate. After this film, Stallone would stay away from comedy until 1997, when he played a cameo in another unenthusiastically received film, An Alan Smithee Film -- Burn, Hollywood, Burn. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Gailard Sartain - Munroe; Dennis Burkley - Mitchell; J. Kenneth Campbell - Ross; Al Fann - Lou; Ella Joyce - McCabe; Vanessa Angel - Stewardess; Jana Arnold - Mitchell's Girl; Shari Ballard - Detective; Larry Campbell - Detective; Roydon E. Clark - Bad Guy; Christopher Collins - Gang Member; Norm Compton - Thug; Joey de Pinto - Sgt. Ray Ban; J.W. "Corkey" Fornof - Pilot; Shelley Hill - Secretary; Marjean Holden - Stewardess; Matt Johnston - Thug; Amy Kirkpatrick - Detective; J. David Krassner - Detective; Kimberley LaMarque - Detective; A. Michael Lerner - Thug; Ernie Lively - Man at Airport; Mark Mikesell - Uniformed Cop; Julia Montgomery - Secretary; Manny Perry - Bad Guy; Matthew Powers - Taxi Driver; Charles Renneisen - Pilot; Ving Rhames - Mr. Stereo; Nicholas Sadler - Suicide; John Sarviss - Helicopter Pilot; Richard Schiff - Gun Clerk; Brigitta Stenberg - Stewardess; Richard Suggett - Truck Driver; Art T. Yago - Skycap; Patti Yasutake - TV Newscaster; Jophery Brown - Thug; Justin Derosa - Bad Guy; John Wesley - Tony; Jackie Burch
Credit
Diane Yates - Art Director, Art Levinson - Associate Producer, Tony Munafo - Associate Producer, Marie France - Costume Designer, Roger Spottiswoode - Director, Mark Conte - Editor, Lois Freeman-Fox - Editor, Alan Silvestri - Composer (Music Score), Art Levinson - Production Designer, Charles Rosen - Production Designer, Bob Thomas - Cinematographer, Frank Tidy - Cinematographer, Todd Black - Producer, Joe Medjuck - Producer, Ivan Reitman - Producer, Joe Wizan - Producer, Michael J. Gross - Producer, Robert Maddy - Set Designer, Donald J. Remacle - Set Designer, Philip C. Cory - Special Effects, Thomas D. Causey - Sound/Sound Designer, Gary Combs - Stunts, William Osborne - Screenwriter, William Davies - Screenwriter, Daniel Petrie - Screenwriter, Blake Snyder - Screenwriter
A tough cop's (Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually the film draws to a denouement involving the title of the film and the revelation that even though she seems frail and weak she is capable of strong actions in some circumstances, i.e. when her offspring is threatened.
Critics universally hated the film, with many putting it on their "Worst of the Year" lists. In addition, it was nominated for - and won - Razzie Awards for Worst Actor (Stallone), Worst Supporting Actress (Estelle Getty), and Worst Screenplay.
Stallone himself, who also hated the film, considers this the worst film he was ever a part of, despite appearing in other film failures during that decade.
However, the film retained a cult following and found more success on DVD, even before Stallone claiming it was the worst film he ever made.
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