Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Movie
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Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets.
A tough detective's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
| Sylvester Stallone | Sgt. Joe Bomowski |
| Estelle Getty | Tutti Bomowski |
| JoBeth Williams | Lt. Gwen Harper |
| Roger Rees | Parnell |
| Martin Ferrero | Paulie |
| Gailard Sartain | Munroe |
| John Wesley Shipp | Tony |
| Al Fann | Lou |
| Ella Joyce | McCabe |
| J. Kenneth Campbell | Det. Ross |
| Nicholas Sadler | Suicide |
| Dennis Burkley | Mitchell |
| Ving Rhames | Mr. Stereo |
| Jana Arnold | Mitchell's Girl |
| Chris Latta | Gang Member |
| Roger Spottiswoode |
3.10 out of 10 (9561 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Meah
posted on 18 Dec 2008'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' represents two of the usual types of movies I enjoy watching: Movies with some of the great action heroes, and movies likely to appear on IMDb's worst 100 list (to clarify, this in no way includes Steven Seagal's 'Out For a Kill'). In this case, we have Sylvester Stallone, and a movie appearing at #75 on the worst 100 list. Yay? Sly plays Sgt. Joe Bomowski, a cop who feels his mother is ruining his life. When his mother (Estelle Getty) arrives in town to visit, what do they do? A normal family get together? Go out and and solve a major crime? Oh yes, most definitely the latter.I'm surprised Stallone's career survived this. Luckily for him, 'Cliffhanger' came out the next year, otherwise, this probably would have been the end.I'll admit that I'm being a little unfair. Stallone was trying his hand at comedy, and I'll commend for him trying. There are a few funny moments, but not enough to make me want to watch this more than once. Sure, seeing Estelle Getty going gun-shopping is amusing, but even watching her wield a weapon gets old quickly. None of the action scenes are all that exciting either.'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' is at best, a weak action / comedy, and definitely not for hard-core Stallone fans. In the movie's defence: it is slightly amusing, but not enough to make we want to watch it ever again, and probably does not deserve its place on the bottom-100 - 3/10
Stop or I will shoot myself!
posted on 07 Feb 2008Sylvestor Stallon is back playing a hard edged cop named Joe who's life is turned upside down when his sweet mother Tuti comes to visit. While not only embarrassing her son, Tuti buys an illegal gun for Joe and see's the dealers get killed. Joe and Tuti are then on the run together and must find out the mystery of the murders before they are killed. Wow, this film was bull crap! This has to be Stallons worst film ever and Estelle Getty is nice as Joe's mom but she is so unlikeable! First she seems sweet when we are introduced to her but later in the film she shoot at guys with guns and says bad words, nothing like her at the start of the film. The villains in this film are numbskull's and the mastermind isn't seen or talked about till the last half hour of the movie! The story is goop and nonsense, thinking you can have a blast with this idea but it turns on you and becomes pure trash. The only good laugh you can get from this wreck is when Tuti finds Joe's old pistol and starts to clean it in the sink. Stop or My Mom Will Shoot is a real tragedy, it's gets a 1. Not recommended at all. Just stay away at all cost!
Not bad at all..
posted on 20 Jan 2008I don't see why so many people dislike this movie. People who have watched Golden Girls before will definitely like the humor in this movie (and,of course, Stallone's mom in the movie) And Sylvestor Stallone fans need to give this movie a chance also,regardless if it is the Comedic version of Stallone that we all don't get to see much of. Give this movie a try, you'll like it,as long as you give it a chance, if you don't like the first few minutes of the movie, don't let that discourage you, noone liked the first few minutes of The Godfather either!
Very funny
posted on 24 Dec 2007Los Angeles police detective Joe Bomowski isn't as tough as he looks. He's actually quite vulnerable, if you look at his romantic relationship with Lt. Gwen Harper. And his mother is coming from Newark for a visit. This time, she didn't answer the phone, figuring it would be Joe telling her why she couldn't come.So when Joe arrives at the airport to pick her up, everyone is laughing at him. Even flight attendants. They've all seen the photos and heard the embarrassing stories. And on the way to his house, Joe has to help a man who is threatening to jump from a tall building. Don't worry--one of the classic moments in the history of comedy movies guarantees a happy outcome here.And Joe's mom witnesses a murder. This is after she has cleaned his apartment, pleaded with him not to do anything dangerous, and done everything else possible to make him feel like a second-grader. But she won't let anyone work on the case except her son--which also means she has to be his partner! How is this possible? She's so tough she won't let anyone scare her with threats of arrest for providing false information to the police. And Joe's mom can do it all! Watch her drive the car in a chase scene. And the movie's title is a line spoken by her son to a suspect.The amazing thing is that when he was 13, Joe was the strong one when his father died. So his mom knows what he is capable of. Her explanation of how he handled the situation gives the movie one of its several tender moments.I shouldn't have listened when people said this film was bad. I would have seen it so much sooner. Estelle Getty was great, and while Sylvester Stallone didn't seem quite suited to this type of role, he was good enough. I liked the character. But, yes, he can do comedy. Remember "Oscar"? I remember I liked him in that.I liked several other performances. Dennis Burkley as the big tough gun salesman (the one with the van), and Nicholas Sadler as the man on the ledge (I thought he was one of the Lawrence brothers!). And as always, Gailard Sartain as a big buffoon of a bad guy. And JoBeth Williams as Gwen. I can't forget her.This is my kind of movie, and while it's obviously not Oscar material, it's quite entertaining.
...Stallone and Getty's chemistry is the worst since Stallone and Parton!
posted on 28 Nov 2007Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot is a comedy directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Turner And Hooch) and starring Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Estelle Getty (TV sitcom The Golden Girls), and JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist).
Stallone plays Joey Bomowski, an LA cop who gets a surprise visit from his mother Tutti, played by Getty. She's in town to clean up Joey's house, clean up his crumbling love life with his boss Gwen, played by Williams, and clean up the city as she partners up with her son to catch some bad guys who were involved in a crime that she is the only witness to. Joey, on the other hand, must deal with his mother showing everybody she meets his baby pictures, washing his gun with water and soap, and feeding him breakfast (the most important meal of the day!)
The movie is silly but mildly entertaining. Getty and Stallone's onscreen chemistry is the worst since Dolly Parton and Stallone's duet performance in Rhinestone. However, the film manages to pull some funny moments that you can't resist but laugh to.
Not really recommended
C
Stop! Or I'll Poke My Eyes Out!
posted on 03 Nov 2007Sylvester Stallone takes another shot at comedy in this film about a detective whose meddling mother Estelle Getty gets involved in a case and his personal life. This film, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, is the epitome of high concept, and fails for exactly that reason. There might've been some humor here or there, but the film is so heavy-handed that any life was completely squeezed out of it. Getty overplays to an embarrassing degree. Spottiswoode handles the action scenes well, but couldn't tell a joke to save his life. That's surprising since he had such a skilled comic instrument -- Stallone -- to work with.
Ugghhhh!!
posted on 04 Oct 2007This is one of the worst movies ever made, and...wait, I take that back. This IS the worst movie ever made!! Bad acting! Bad writing! Bad directing! Abysmal. Just awful. Insufferable. Boring. Estelle Getty has never been worse. Neither has Sylvester Stallone (which says a lot). Standard buddy movie, only with an annoying mom character thrown in. A true groanfest. Never, under any circumstances rent or watch this movie, even if you're the biggest Sylvester Stallone fan in the world!
Cinemulch
posted on 26 Aug 2007The prognosis isn't great. Even Stallone, IMDb tells us, considers it his worst. This is partly to do with Estelle Getty who successfully - and necessarily - upstages her co-star in every scene she's in. She's bright and breezy, acting and delivering lines with professionalism and panache.To his credit, Stallone is equally professional, fulfilling his role as the straight guy and trying to laugh with the litany of obvious jokes. Key to the whole thing though is the guiding hand of Roger Spottiswoode (remember, he made the only good Brosnan 007) who delivers a cheesy concept-flick dreamt up in a boardroom that has good humour and charm. Utterly run-of-the-mill but it won't leave you depressed as many might. 4/10
What a shame!
posted on 22 May 2007Sylvester Stallone has made some good action pictures and some good dramatic movies (as well as bad ones). But one area where he has failed miserably at is comedy. And "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" is living proof of that. Lots of people hate this movie, and I can't say that I blame them. I may have liked it just a little bit better than most, but hey, I didn't like it that much. This is a bad movie. No doubt about that. But for me the film's biggest travesty is seeing Estelle Getty in this mess. She starred on, in my opinion, my #1 TV show of all time, "The Golden Girls". She was great on that show. There she proved that she could be a good actress. But she doesn't get to show off those wonderful acting talents of hers in this film. She comes off so obnoxious in "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" that it didn't do her acting reputation any good. That was a real shame. I really wanted this movie to be something special, and it wasn't. It has a few laughs here and there, and a few touching moments between Stallone and Getty (as an L.A. cop and his domineering mama who comes to visit him), but it's all too annoying, too cloying, and by the end of it, too aggravating.*1/2 (out of four)
I lasted about fifteen minutes...
posted on 23 Mar 2007I don't think I've ever walked out on a movie before (I sat all the way through 'Barb Wire'), but about fifteen minutes into this film, I walked out and have never looked back. Looks like the members of IMBc agree that I saved over an hour of my life that I'd never get back.
Stallone is funnier than THIS
posted on 29 Jan 2007Let's get something straight, my pee-peeing fans: Stallone was NOT trying to follow in Arnold's footsteps with his comedies of the early '90s. He was RETURNING to a genre that he dabbled in before Arnie became known as a comedic screen presence. Remember 1984's "Rhinestone"? That was a genuinely funny musical-comedy that Stallone co-wrote. Why did it bomb at the box office? Your guess is as good as mine - I think that the critical buzz (which was bad) helped kill the film. But that's beside the point, which is that Sly had already proven comedic acting chops well in advance of "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot" and the previous year's farcical "Oscar."
Another myth to dispel: people claim that this movie was a commercial failure. Not true, dear readers. While it may have only grossed $28 million domestically (which is actually around the 40 million mark when adjusted for inflation), this rather modestly-budgeted film was a considerable money-maker internationally (which was where Mr. Stallone's bread was buttered for most of the '90s). Why did it do middling box office here in the states? Honestly, the pairing of Sly and 'Golden Girl'Estelle Getty - though comedically inspired and full of potential - was not smart demographically speaking. How many Sly's action fanbase were going to take something like this seriously? Conversely, how many grannies (i.e. the majority of 'Golden Girls' fans) were going to go see a loud, brash action-comedy (featuring a certain amount of violence and bad language)? Neither of the stars' fanbase were on board.
So what does that leave us with? A strangely unengaging hybrid - most of the jokes fall flat, and most of the action sequences feel generic and TV-movieish. Yes, you'll laugh at the sight of Sly in a diaper (during a nightmare sequence) but you'll groan at the sight of Estelle trying to wash her son's gun with standard household cleaning products. One great line: Estelle's infamous one-liner to her son: "Go ahead - make your bed."
The DVD is surprisingly robust, all things considered. The movie is presented in a very attractive widescreen transfer, along with a couple of bonus features. There is a short - but very entertaining - behind-the-scenes featurette. Yes, it's a fairly typical EPK puff piece, but there is some amusing footage of Getty and Stallone clowning together. Also included is an intriguing alternate ending. I say intriguing because it is clearly taken from an even longer sequence of deleted scenes (not included on the dvd), since on it's own it barely makes any sense. Still interesting to see, because the third act of this movie apparently was originally much different (and more action-oriented). I only wish that more deleted footage had been included.
mother of 5, count them! no girls!!
posted on 23 Dec 2006you know some people judge an actor by at least one movie that they have seen. well not me. out of 35 or more of his movies i didn't really know what there was about this man that caught my eye. but as i kept watching all of them i came to admire him. granted he is good looking, but that's not all. i noticed that whoever he played opposite of, they complimented each other. in this movie it was his mother[estelle getty] that helped make it good. all the things she was after him to do sounded so fimiliar. showing off her son in his pictures is just something a mother would do, if she was proud of him. the action that the both of them did was in my mind funny and moving.i honestly liked this movie. no one tells me a movie is good or bad. i am ones of those that decides for herself. stallone has made many good as well and better than good movies. and i expect to see more from him. go rocky go!
A good decent comedy
posted on 21 Dec 2006This movie was funny, I had a tainted opinion aswell as prior to watching it I read alot of reviews saying how bad it was. It's not half bad at all! You've got to remember this movie is now 15 years old, and although a typical comedy for the time it still has a lot of good laughs and a funny story line. Stallone's dream where he's in the diapers is just hilarous...
This movie might not be "Oscar" worthy, but it's not horrible.
posted on 15 Oct 2006Not to offend anyone, but I think people are being unfairly harsh while commenting on this movie. My goodness! What do you expect?It's just a "cute" little comedy. Did you think Sly and Estelle would be snatching Oscars? It's a light-hearted cheerful comedy.
Good Light hearted Comedy
posted on 15 Oct 2006I think the critics are to harsh on this movie. This type of movie is interesting and funny. Estelle Getty makes plenty of gags. I think that people overlook it and expect to much from it. I recommend you see the this light splendid comedy. I give it 7.5 out 10.
Sylvester Stallone's worst movie? Maybe...if given the chance, I would've shot the mum
posted on 21 Sep 2006Let me start by saying that Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is an atrocious film; perhaps Sylvester Stallone's worst movie. Indeed, this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is not the worst movie I have ever seen (Home Alone 3 has that dubious honour - see that review for more) but it definitely ranks in my Top 10 and that says a hell of a lot, given that I have seen a lot of movies in my time. I saw this very late in 2004 and dismissed it as nondescript fluff. Over the following days, I reconsidered this thought and gradually my opinion of this movie turned to mud, to the extent that, a few months later, when this movie came on, I turned away in disgust. The plot revolves around a bad-ass cop, Joe Bomowski, who endures a visit from his mother, Tutti, who proceeds to make his life absolute hell, as she gets in the way of his job and his budding romance with fellow cop Gwen. Even writing this makes me seethe.The acting...oh God, don't get me started on the acting, please! It has to be the worst part of this film and that is saying quite a lot. Sylvester Stallone is not guilty of bad acting here, indeed, he is OK, no my friends, the main offender is...Estelle Getty. Yes. Estelle Getty. This is the same actress who appeared on The Golden Girls, which is even now, over a decade after it ended, being touted as a prime example of 'classic comedy' by some. If I had a chance to, I would have shot her - and I don't get kicks out of shooting old women. As it is, I admire Joe's restraint - putting up with his Mum without shooting her, or at least getting her sent off to a distant hospital because of an 'accident'. As for the rest of the cast, they are not worth mentioning. The only thing that prevents this film from getting a big, fat zero from me is that it is pretty short - finishing in under 90 minutes. But let's face it, that's not much of a saving grace.Well, I'll keep my conclusion to the point: DON'T SEE THIS MOVIE! Movies get on the bottom 100 for a reason: because they suck - and so does this film.0.5/5 stars
A "COMEDY" THAT NAVIGATES UNDER THE FLAG OF MEDIOCRITY.
posted on 16 Sep 2006In the early 1990s someone made a huge mistake: someone told Sylvester Stallone that he was a funny guy, someone dare to say that Rambo could make a modern Cary Grant, someone told him that Rocky reminded him / her the lovable, funny Tramp character that Charlie Chaplin portrayed in his glorious comedies. So Sylvester believed that awful lie, and he immediately tried to act "funny". "Oscar" was his first infamous "comedy" movie, and then he tried again with "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot".
"Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" is a collection of cliches, stereotypes, unfunny performances, boring jokes, and a 10 page script. I think the movie produced in me a chuckle, but I'm not sure, perhaps Estelle Getty did something worthy of a giggle.
Anyway, "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" is not a funny movie, the action sequences are poor, the comedic sequences are not funny at all. I don't know what is funnier: Sylvester Stallone trying to be funny, or the fact that Universal dare to release this movie on DVD.
aargh
posted on 19 Jul 2009Will someone please stop Stallone from ever making another comedy. They are always awful. A film so nauseatingly bad that I have been in therapy since I saw it in a feeble attempt to blank the whole horrible experience from my brain.