Synopsis
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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Cast
- Michael KeatonJack
- Teri GarrCaroline
- Frederick KoehlerAlex
- Taliesin JaffeKenny
- Courtney-Jane WhiteMegan
- Brittany WhiteMegan
- Martin MullRon
- Ann JillianJoan
- Jeffrey TamborJinx
- Christopher LloydLarry
Recommendations
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Time Out London
Hughes still manages to play on the anxieties of middle America with fairly devilish skill. - 80
Time Out London
Hughes still manages to play on the anxieties of middle America with fairly devilish skill. - 70
Variety
Garr, as always, is a delight to watch though it would be nice to see her in a role where she wasn't someone's wife or mother. Still, her inspired double takes continue to say more than pages of dialogue while her keen timing helps somewhat in the more beleaguered scenes. - 70
Variety
Garr, as always, is a delight to watch though it would be nice to see her in a role where she wasn't someone's wife or mother. Still, her inspired double takes continue to say more than pages of dialogue while her keen timing helps somewhat in the more beleaguered scenes. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
They had a great idea here. It's too bad they didn't follow it through on a human level, instead of making it feel made up and artificial and twice-removed, from the everyday experience it pretends to be about. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Striking lack of originality. - 50
Miami Herald
The script remains the big problem, however -- all its roots are showing, and they are very old. In Lucy's day, a story like this would end with restoration of the comfy stereotypes -- Dad would get his job back at the plant, enhanced by his new appreciation for what Mom has gone through, and Mom would forsake her business success, more sure than ever that her place is at the sink. That's just what happens in Mr. Mom. In Hollywood, time stands still. [27 Aug 1983, p.5] - 50
Washington Post
Mr. Mom has its share of bright lines and funny moments, but if you bring anything beyond trifling expectations to this role-reversal farce, starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr as a couple obliged to switch homemaking and breadwinning duties, it will be difficult to avoid feeling shortchanged. [20 Aug 1983, p.C1]
