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 CriticSpottiswoode directs action well but at about 90 minutes, this film is about 60 minutes longer than its material.
01/01/00
This mom is impossible without being funny.
05/20/03
Top CriticIt 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 CriticIf your idea of fun is seeing Sylvester Stallone in a diaper, his latest film should send you into fits of ecstasy.
01/01/00
As irksome as it is, the concept is actually better for Stallone than the premises of his earlier awful romps.
01/01/00
The 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 CriticStallone & Getty? No magic here.
09/06/04
Gag. Stallone's character should have been shot by overbearing Getty Mom.
08/14/07
I can't believe I watched this.
07/26/02
Being shot might be preferable to sitting through this
08/21/02
Stop! making lousy comedies or you'll permanently damage your career.
08/04/02
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.
06/02/05
No review available.
07/23/05
No review available.
01/08/04
No review available.
12/31/04
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