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Mr. Mom [1983] (1 disc) ... |  | |
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Length: | 91 minutes (1 hour 31 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | PG | Sorting Category: | Family | Sorting Tub: | Echo |
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Synopsis: After he's laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, a job he has no clue how to do.
Reaction: Funny. Relatable. Michael Keaton is wonderful and Teri Garr works with him just right. This is a movie to grow up watching.
Personal Rating: 8/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Burt ReynoldsBurt Reynolds was considered for the role of Ron Richardson
- Like all John HughesJohn Hughes movies Edie McClurgEdie McClurg has a cameo as the cashier in the grocery store.
- First major film role for Ann JillianAnn Jillian after a twenty-year hiatus.
- [?] George Segal was considered for Jack.
- Michael KeatonMichael Keaton turned down Splash (1984) to do this movie.
- First movie for Michael KeatonMichael Keaton, where he was top billed.
- The premise came about when John HughesJohn Hughes recounted to Lauren Shuler DonnerLauren Shuler Donner about a disastrous experience he had looking after his two children in the absence of his wife, which Shuler found hilarious. After asking if that could make a good movie, she replied that "it sure sounds funny to me". Hughes wrote the film, and flew to Los Angeles to re-write the script with Shuler.
- Part of a mini-cycle of Hollywood role-reversal comedies of the 1980s. The films include Mr. Mom (1983), Baby Boom (1987), and 3 Men and a Baby (1987).
- Dabney ColemanDabney Coleman, Jeffrey JonesJeffrey Jones, and Jack NicholsonJack Nicholson were considered for the role of Ron Richardson.
- Chevy ChaseChevy Chase, Michael DouglasMichael Douglas, Steve MartinSteve Martin, and John TravoltaJohn Travolta were considered for Jack Butler.
- The chain on the chainsaw appears not to move, even though the engine is revved. This is because the chain-break is engaged, which is a safety feature on all modern chainsaws, that doesn't allow the chain to move, even when the engine is revved at a high rpm.
- According to Jeffrey TamborJeffrey Tambor, the shot of Michael KeatonMichael Keaton knocking him out was done in one take.
- Karen AllenKaren Allen, [?] Jane Curtin, [?] Farrah Fawcett, and Sally FieldSally Field were considered for Caroline Butler.
- Ron HowardRon Howard was asked to direct, but he turned it down in order to make Splash (1984).
- [?] Ted Kotcheff was originally slated to direct.
- Carolyn SeymourCarolyn Seymour's first Hollywood film role.
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