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Mr. Mom

1983 · 91 min

A light, warm comedy about role reversal and family chaos, with gentle laughs and a reassuring heart.

Tagline
When mom goes to work, dad goes berserk!
Overview
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • work
  • love
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Stan Dragoti
Written by
John Hughes
Starring
Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe, Courtney-Jane White, Brittany White, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian
Music
Lee Holdridge
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, English, Spanish

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