Most of the blame for this unimaginative effort can be attributed to the script, but Spottiswoode's flat direction doesn't help.
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02/09/06
Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:1
Rotten:21
Average Rating:2.6/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A comedy about an overbearing mother who becomes her son's partner in crime-fighting. Tutti Bomowski's visit to her policeman son Joe is extended when she witnesses a drive-by shooting and is... [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, Roger Rees, JoBeth Williams
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Reviews for Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot
Top CriticThe doting-mother jokes are all familiar, but rendered with an earnest quality, as though a parent-offspring mediation group is to convene after the film ends.
08/03/09
Top CriticStop! making lousy comedies or you'll permanently damage your career.
08/04/02
I can't believe I watched this.
07/26/02
If your idea of fun is seeing Sylvester Stallone in a diaper, his latest film should send you into fits of ecstasy.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/29/05
No review available.
07/23/05
No review available.
01/08/04
Being shot might be preferable to sitting through this
08/21/02
Spottiswoode directs action well but at about 90 minutes, this film is about 60 minutes longer than its material.
01/01/00
Sly is well meaning but just misses the mark.
11/17/04
Sometimes, you just have to sit back and wonder what Stallone was thinking.
08/02/02
No review available.
12/31/04
As irksome as it is, the concept is actually better for Stallone than the premises of his earlier awful romps.
01/01/00
It is moronic beyond comprehension, an exercise in desperation during which even Sylvester Stallone, a repository of self-confidence, seems to be disheartened.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
07/26/02
Gag. Stallone's character should have been shot by overbearing Getty Mom.
08/14/07
Stallone & Getty? No magic here.
09/06/04
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