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Momma's Man

Universal acclaim
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Azazel Jacobs
Directed by: Azazel Jacobs
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 22, 2008
DVD: May 5, 2009
Running Time: 94 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Matt Boren, Flo Jacobs, Ken Jacobs, Richard Edson, Dana Varon, Nan Archilesi, Eleanor Hutchins, and Piero Arcilesi
Momma’s Man chronicles the increasingly anxious dilemma of Mikey, a young husband and father who stops off at his parents’ loft during a business trip to New York and finds himself emotionally unable to leave. Unsure of his own motivations, he makes up excuses about why he’s staying – his flight is delayed; his flight is canceled – but while his doting mother (the director’s real mother) is more than happy to enable his procrastination, his father (the director’s real father) grows suspicious of his sons changes of plans. (Kino International)
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What The Critics Said
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Village Voice J. Hoberman
One of the sweetest, saddest stories Franz Kafka never wrote.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
It's time to stop calling Azazel Jacobs a "promising" filmmaker. With Momma's Man, Jacobs achieves the promise.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Beautiful, wise, and poker-faced comedy of discombobulation.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
It works from a specific place and lets audiences relate to that place, and the people in it, like trusted intimates.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Mastery of tone is everything here, and Azazel's control, combined with his wit, perception, discretion and easy command of the visual and of his cast makes Momma's Man a gem.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
A highly unusual combination of craft, emotion and integrity.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Mr. Jacobs has succeeded at one of the most difficult tasks given a director, which is to make a character come alive through the filmmaking, not exposition.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Deeper, darker currents move through Momma's Man, eddying around fears of letting go on both sides of the generational divide.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Stan Hall
Perhaps the most indispensable cast member is the Jacobs' dwelling, their residence since 1966.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
A comedy of sorts, though to Jacobs' credit, he doesn't aim for cheap laughs.
Read Full Review >Variety Scott Foundas
Wryly comic, sometimes heartbreaking and altogether original film about a thirtysomething Angeleno who pays a visit to his aging New York parents and finds himself unwilling or unable to leave.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
A little miracle, Azazel Jacobs' lovely story of a life lost and found tackles big issues -love, maturity, fulfillment - in deceptively modest fashion.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Momma's Man takes that germ of an idea and lets it flower, in a way that is both odd and oddly compelling.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Momma's Man taps into that ambivalence, and those moments when all of us long to flee adulthood and sink back into being our parents' beloved baby birds, whether or not we ever were in the first place.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Jamie Tipps
The movie is quiet and minimal in its dialogue, and it has flashes of humor and thoughtfulness. However, it's also unbearably slow and hard to empathize with Mikey when we don't really know what his problem is.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Julie E. gave it a0:
We walked out. For reference, I liked Tell No One, Roman De Geur and thought with Burn After Reading was fun. There ya have it. Save your money.
