Variety
Haphazardly conceived and clumsily executed, this aggressively quirky yet gratingly unfunny comedy appears set on the fast track to vidstore bin.
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Mama's Boy
Napoleon Dynamite’s Jon Heder plays Jeffrey Mannus, a 29-year-old man-boy who still lives at home with his mum, Jan (Diane Keaton). Like all mama’s boys, he gets peeved when a motivational speaker called Mert (Jeff Daniels) starts wooing his mum and moves in on his territory. So he enlists the help of a girl, a singer-songwriter called Nora (Anna Faris) and the battle between Mert and Jeffrey begins…
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2007Rating: M, contains violence, drug use and sexual references94 minsUSA
Comedy
- Director:
- Tim Hamilton (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Hank Nelken
- Cast:
- Diane KeatonJon HederJeff DanielsAnna FarisDorian MissickSarah Chalke
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Christchurch Press
There was so little entertainment on screen that I found myself unwittingly entranced by Jon Heder's ever-changing dark wig. His blond curly angel hair in the skating spoof Blades of Glory was more convincing.
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Mama's Boy is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.