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Mr Mom is a delightful family movie reversing parental roles where the man works and makes money and the woman stays at home and raises children. It all starts when Jack loses his job at a Michigan car plant caused by a shrewd accounting, who wants to improve financials by downsize personnel. The movie protrays the accountant as dishonest, cheap negotiator; who shifts blame by using a job enticement to get Jack too appear before a corporate board too take blame for losses. The accountant tries to manipulate Jack into taking responsibility for a sudden drop in profits and increases in costs, in Jack's old division. The Accountant wants Jack and his friends too confess and get their jobs back, 1/2 price. Jack confronts senior management and reminds them, he doesn't work for the company, anymore. The mood shifts and the accountant trys to pursued Jack too confess of siphoning funds for his own purposes; Jack wants his job back, however, he knows the truth is more important, so he stands up to the accountant and tells management, when he was there, costs were down and profits up. The movie pokes fun at the company's senior management attempts too creating short term profit gains by layoff staff and ignoring the effectiveness of middle manager, in particular Jack to keep costs down and production up. Its difficult to know, how Jack really helped the company. The Rocky analogy was a perfect setup for "Gung Ho". Revelation of Jack's skill will be discovered in "Gung Ho".
Jack's wife Caroline uses her connections too get a job working for an advertising firm tasked with creating an advertising campaign for Schooner tuna. Caroline brings Schooner back to selling "Americanism", "we at schooner tuna care", and "during this period of economic crisis, Schooner will drop the price of each can of tuna, 50 cents". Caroline is smart, if you want to move inventory, drop price; profit margins are less but product starts to sell, the cost of good don't increase stablizing against further losses, sales increase, and inventory decreases. I would say Caroline was pretty smart, maybe much smarter than Jack.
Caroline experiences the corporate climb, sexual harshment, hardline politics, long work days, and starts missing experiences with her children. Jack tells her not to forget what is most important. Jack experience mid-life crisis, throws a race against Carolines boss, drinks too much, gambles with his new female friends, gets confused while multitasking (clothes, TV maintanence, changing diapers, school dropoffs, and Soap operas). Jack becomes Rocky, cleans up his home, task command of his life, and makes a come back.
The movie is very delightful. The cast bringing humor, empathy, and friendship to the big screen.

Mr Mom is a delightful family movie reversing parental roles where the man works and makes money and the woman stays at home. It all starts when Jack loses his job at a Michigan car plant caused by a shrewd accounting, who wants to improve financials by downsize personnel. The movie protrays the accountant as dishonest, cheap negotiator; who shifts blame by using a job enticement to get Jack too appear before a corporate board too take blame for losses. The accountant tries to manipulate Jack into taking responsibility for a sudden drop in profits and increases in costs, in Jack's old division. The Accountant wants Jack and his friends too confess and get their jobs back, 1/2 price. Jack confronts senior management and reminds them, he doesn't work for the company, anymore. The mood shifts and the accountant trys to pursued Jack too confess of siphoning funds for his own purposes; Jack wants his job back, however, he knows the truth is more important, so he stands up to the accountant and tells management, when he was there, costs were down and profits up. The movie pokes fun at the company's senior management attempts too creating short term profit gains by layoff staff and ignoring the effectiveness of middle manager, in particular Jack to keep costs down and production up. Its difficult to know, how Jack really helped the company. The Rocky analogy was a perfect setup for "Gung Ho". Revelation of Jack's skill will be discovered in "Gung Ho".
Jack's wife Caroline uses her connections too get a job working for an advertising firm tasked with creating an advertising campaign for Schooner tuna. Caroline brings Schooner back to selling "Americanism", "we at schooner tuna care", and "during this period of economic crisis, Schooner will drop the price of each can of tuna, 50 cents". Caroline is smart, if you want to move inventory, drop price; profit margins are less but product starts to sell, the cost of good don't increase stablizing against further losses, sales increase, and inventory decreases. I would say Caroline was pretty smart, maybe much smarter than Jack.
Caroline experiences the corporate climb, sexual harshment, hardline politics, long work days, and starts missing experiences with her children. Jack tells her not to forget what is most important. Jack experience mid-life crisis, throws a race against Carolines boss, drinks too much, gambles with his new female friends, gets confused while multitasking (clothes, TV maintanence, changing diapers, school dropoffs, and Soap operas). Jack becomes Rocky, cleans up his home, task command of his life, and makes a come back.
The movie is very delightful. The cast bringing humor, empathy, and friendship to the big screen.

If you don't own this movie, get it. It is a classic. The characters are believable and real and the comedy is perfectly blended between real-life/palusible situations and that intanglible movie quality that makes movies like this great. Kenny and Alex remind me...of me...when I was their age. Jack Butler, Carolyn Butler, Ron Richardson, Joan...all fantanstic characters. In my opinion, movies of the 1980's (character/plot driven movies) don't get any better than this. My one critique is that the male stripper scense seem a little out of place. Yum Yum Tuna Bits!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Quality time with the family!
With a clever script from John Hughes and the zany antics of Michael Keaton as a housefather, something's bound to be unorthodox. Read more

Published on Feb 13 2004 by Michael J. Chrush

3.0 out of 5 stars Mild 80's comedy...
An alright film which escaped from the 80's. Micheal Keaton is comical as ever in his attempt to play a stay at home mom while his wife goes off to work everyday. Read more

Published on Dec 31 2003 by J. M. Hannam

5.0 out of 5 stars looking for soundtrack
i'm a newbie dj from ny, i recently started remixing old songs like Heart and Soul, Stand by Me, etc.. Read more

Published on Nov 28 2003 by kattbk

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific movie stands the test of time
This is a GREAT film. It truly is. The role reversal is terrific. Keaton is awesome as is Garr. The kids are cute and deliver a great performance. Read more

Published on Nov 16 2003 by Alicia Walker

4.0 out of 5 stars To Show Your Kids
I thought that this was a great movie to get from the library or Blockbuster. Most of it was very funny but some parts probably weren't appropriate for small children because of... Read more

Published on Aug 27 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars mr. moron dorky and pathetic!
I rented this movie at a local Blockbuster and it was the worst movie ever! me and my friend managed to watch the whole thing without falling asleep. Read more

Published on July 25 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute!
Mr. Mom stars Michael Keaton as a guy who loses his job and is having trouble finding a new job but his wife played by Terri Garr finds a job and he has to stay home and take care... Read more

Published on April 22 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Very cute and funny
hilarious! if you appreciate family comedies, check out this movie. i saw it recently and laughed nonstop. it's really very charming even if a little corny.

Published on Mar 4 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Movie is Great DVD is Disapointing
I love this movie. Being a Mr. Mom myself with 2 boys "and a Job" I relate to this movie very much. Read more

Published on Aug 14 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars An 80s classic comedy that DVD collectors will enjoy
Although there is no bonus material on this DVD, people will enjoy this 80s comedy.

Published on Mar 21 2002 by D. Renkey

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