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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

1992 · 87 min

A silly, loud buddy-cop comedy where the joke is a tough guy being mothered to death; goofy and forgettable.

Genres
Action, Comedy
Tagline
Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets.
Overview
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • crime
  • love
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
action, comedy
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Written by
Blake Snyder, William Davies, William Osborne
Starring
Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, Martin Ferrero, Gailard Sartain, John Wesley, Al Fann
Music
Alan Silvestri
Cinematography
Frank Tidy
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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