"Stop or My Mom Will Shoot" is probably one of the most unintentionally funny films ever made. It's not just that it's bad - it's pathetic. Every time it tries to be witty or clever or smart it slips up.
Sylvester Stallone plays Joe Bomowski (I wonder of what ethnic background they want us to think he belongs to??), a big city cop whose pesky little mother Tutti (Estelle Getty) comes to visit him and manages to single-handedly destroy his life.
First she makes a mockery of his job by visiting the police after reporting herself to be a witness of a murder. Soon the pair - mother and son - are teaming up to track down a mother-killer and...oh yeah...in between we get loads of lame gags about how desperately aggravating mothers can be.
This would have been a really great film - if it were three minutes long. The material is barely enough to sustain a "Saturday Night Live" skit - even then it would be aggravating. The plot is cutesy - so are all the gags, lines and characters. I felt like b****-slapping Estelle Getty and you know there's something wrong when you want to beat up an old woman.
The plot basically works like this, scene after scene: 1. Annoying Mother Figure tries to control Son's life.
2. Son is angry. He tells her he likes having his underwear strewn across the floor and likes to leave the seat up.
3. Annoying Mother Figure tells him he'll never get a wife this way, and mentions his ex-girlfriend who left him.
4. Son Figure rolls his eyes and says "Oh Mom, don't bring that up again." 5. Aggravating Mother Figure says a cute one-liner.
6. Put-Upon Son looks put-upon.
Repeat and rinse. Voila - one huge turd of a film.
One of the quotes from the movie is, "His ass was grass, and I was the lawnmower." I felt shame on the producers' behalf that they even made Estelle Getty utter this line. It's really sad. It's utterly pathetic.
Stallone was nominated for another Raspberry Award for his performance. Believe it or not he gives a GOOD performance. Really good. That's part of the problem - his above-average acting makes the film seem even more desperate. There's an argument between him and JoBeth Williams in one scene and his acting is really good; it's convincing. But the rest of the film isn't.
Stallone tried to have this banned from being released onto DVD and I believe he's succeeded so far. Rent it out on video or watch it on TV and see for yourself why it's his least favorite film he's made in a career of some pretty bad films.
Sylvester Stallone plays Joe Bomowski (I wonder of what ethnic background they want us to think he belongs to??), a big city cop whose pesky little mother Tutti (Estelle Getty) comes to visit him and manages to single-handedly destroy his life.
First she makes a mockery of his job by visiting the police after reporting herself to be a witness of a murder. Soon the pair - mother and son - are teaming up to track down a mother-killer and...oh yeah...in between we get loads of lame gags about how desperately aggravating mothers can be.
This would have been a really great film - if it were three minutes long. The material is barely enough to sustain a "Saturday Night Live" skit - even then it would be aggravating. The plot is cutesy - so are all the gags, lines and characters. I felt like b****-slapping Estelle Getty and you know there's something wrong when you want to beat up an old woman.
The plot basically works like this, scene after scene: 1. Annoying Mother Figure tries to control Son's life.
2. Son is angry. He tells her he likes having his underwear strewn across the floor and likes to leave the seat up.
3. Annoying Mother Figure tells him he'll never get a wife this way, and mentions his ex-girlfriend who left him.
4. Son Figure rolls his eyes and says "Oh Mom, don't bring that up again." 5. Aggravating Mother Figure says a cute one-liner.
6. Put-Upon Son looks put-upon.
Repeat and rinse. Voila - one huge turd of a film.
One of the quotes from the movie is, "His ass was grass, and I was the lawnmower." I felt shame on the producers' behalf that they even made Estelle Getty utter this line. It's really sad. It's utterly pathetic.
Stallone was nominated for another Raspberry Award for his performance. Believe it or not he gives a GOOD performance. Really good. That's part of the problem - his above-average acting makes the film seem even more desperate. There's an argument between him and JoBeth Williams in one scene and his acting is really good; it's convincing. But the rest of the film isn't.
Stallone tried to have this banned from being released onto DVD and I believe he's succeeded so far. Rent it out on video or watch it on TV and see for yourself why it's his least favorite film he's made in a career of some pretty bad films.