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When Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) loses his job at an auto factory, he expects to quickly find another. But instead, his wife Caroline (Teri Garr) starts working for an ad agency and Jack ends up taking care of the house and kids. He soon runs afoul of shopping etiquette, a voracious vacuum cleaner, and he can't even drop his kids off at school properly. He starts losing his pride and letting himself go. He stops shaving, drinks at all hours, and watches soap operas. And not only does a predatory divorc'8ee (Ann Jillian) have her eye on him, Caroline's new boss (Martin Mull) has more than business on his mind. Will their marriage survive? What makes
f1i Mr. Mom
f0i0 work isn't its role-reversal premise, but its clever off-the-main-plot scenes like the obstacle course at the company picnic, where a footrace with swim fins is set to a variation on the theme to
f1i Chariots of Fire
f0i0 ; a poker game using discount coupons for money; or a traumatic, soap-opera-influenced dream Jack has when he realizes his life is going down the toilet. This is the first starring role for Michael Keaton, who went on to star in
f1i Beetlejuice
f0i0 and
f1i Batman
f0i0 ; he makes the most of both its comic and sentimental side. The script, incidentally, is written by John Hughes, who later went on to write and direct
f1i The Breakfast Club
f0i0 and
f1i Home Alone
f0i0 .
f1i --Bret Fetzer
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| uuid: |
78CAFDDE-A1E8-11D9-BBB6-000D936C95F6" |
| upc: |
027616809827 |
| title: |
Mr. Mom |
| theatricalDate: |
22-07-1983 |
| stars: |
Michael Keaton
Teri Garr |
| purchase date: |
31-03-2005 |
| publisher: |
Mgm/Ua Studios |
| published: |
01-05-2001 |
| price: |
$14.95 |
| net Rating: |
3.71 |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG |
| last lookup time: |
133968398.0382418 |
| genre: |
Feature Film-comedy |
| edition: |
DVD |
| director: |
Stan Dragoti |
| currentValue: |
$11.99 |
| created: |
133968381.51942 |
| aspect: |
Color
Closed-captioned |
| asin: |
0792844866
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