Product Description: Funnyman Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) teams with Tootsie's Teri Garr in this "fresh and funny audience pleaser" (Boxoffice) that's all housework...and no pay!Jack and Caroline Butler (Keaton and Garr) are perfectly happy with their roles in life...until a layoff makes him a househusband and her a working wife! And while she wrangles with charts graphs and an all-too-eager-to-be-wrangled boss he has to contend with their hyper kids a ravenous vacuum cleaner an angry washing machine and an oversexed neighbor (Ann Jillian of TV's It's A Living)! From late nights in the boardroom to lonely nights in the bedroom the biggest challenge for both Jack and Caroline is learning to trust one another with their reversed roles...which they'd better do quickly...before Mr. Mom becomes Mr. Single Mom!System Requirements:Starring: Michael Keaton Teri Garr Martin Mull Ann Jillian Jeffrey Tambor Christopher Lloyd Valri Bromfield Frederick Koehler and Taliesin Jaffe. Directed By: Stan Dragoti. Running Time: 100 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Standard" format. Copyright 2000 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616809827 Manufacturer No: 908098
Amazon.com essential video: When Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) loses his job at an auto factory, he expects to quickly find another. But instead, his wife Caroline (Teri Garr) starts working for an ad agency and Jack ends up taking care of the house and kids. He soon runs afoul of shopping etiquette, a voracious vacuum cleaner, and he can't even drop his kids off at school properly. He starts losing his pride and letting himself go. He stops shaving, drinks at all hours, and watches soap operas. And not only does a predatory divorcée (Ann Jillian) have her eye on him, Caroline's new boss (Martin Mull) has more than business on his mind. Will their marriage survive? What makes Mr. Mom work isn't its role-reversal premise, but its clever off-the-main-plot scenes like the obstacle course at the company picnic, where a footrace with swim fins is set to a variation on the theme to Chariots of Fire; a poker game using discount coupons for money; or a traumatic, soap-opera-influenced dream Jack has when he realizes his life is going down the toilet. This is the first starring role for Michael Keaton, who went on to star in Beetlejuice and Batman; he makes the most of both its comic and sentimental side. The script, incidentally, is written by John Hughes, who later went on to write and direct The Breakfast Club and Home Alone. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - Mr. Mom still entertains after 25 years ...
I just saw this movie after not seeing it in many years. Hard to believe it's been 25 years since it was released. Times certainly have changed, but so many things have stayed the same.
Rating: - "Do it the Jack Bulter way"
The storyline to this 1983 comedy is quite formulaic and predictable if you've seen enough movies. It's a role reversal comedy that has Michael Keaton playing the stay at home dad and Teri Garr playing the bread ... Read More
Rating: - Still a riot!
Mr. Mom is still a hilarious and entertaining film after 25 years. Michael Keaton and Teri Garr are a hoot together, they play Jack and Caroline who have three children. Caroline decides to go back to work after Jack ... Read More
Rating: - Mr. Mom Always Funny
When we realized that our copy of Mr. Mom had gone missing, we ordered another copy. This is one of our all time favorites, and anytime we need a pick me up or a laugh, this is an oldie and goodie!! Thanks for having ... Read More
Rating: - Mr. Mom
Purchased this for a friend of mine who is in fact a stay at home DAD. Perfect gift!
- "Do it the Jack Bulter way"