Mr. Mom (DVD, 2000)

This movie is absolutely hysterical. Michael Keaton, Terri Garr and Ann Jillian all give performances that are just too funny! This is one the whole family can watch. Kenny's "Woobie" will make you laugh til you cry! Don't miss this one. An oldie, but a goodie!

What happens when the breadwinning male, loses his job, and his wife gets hired on as an executive? This role-switching comedy also has some sage wisdom. "I took pride in what I did," says the wife to her at-home slacking husband. "If I was doing so bad, why did production go down AFTER I left?" and, "Talk to my kid like that again and I'll take you out!" says the male to his former supervisors. Old, OLD scenes from the Young and Restless add even more to the comic punch. Even though it was filmed long ago, this movie holds up in today's society. They don't make many like this any more...and I miss that.

Movie in great condition. Didn't take long for the seller to ship to me. Great price!!! Thanks a lot. Would buy from seller again.

Closed captioning was only available in spanish. The packaging was thin paper and ripped. It was not in "new" condition as promised. Very disappointed

Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice and Batman) is a scream of laughs in this movie. He plays an automobile executive, Jack Butler, who loses his job in the 1980s and cannot find employment. On the other hand, his wife Caroline, (Teri Garr) who enters the job market in desperation for money, has no problem. So the result is that Jack becomes the stay-at-home parent, which was very unusual in those days.

The laughs begin when everything goes wrong for Jack: a washing machine with connecting hoses that go wild, a vacuum cleaner that has a mind of its own, the school with drives for in and out, the grocery shopping in the days before bar-coding, and so on. Jack becomes addicted to "The Young and The Restless" and lets himself go. When he finally cleans up, the neighbor played by Ann Jillian makes a play for him. The neighbor wives kidnap Jack and take him to a Ladies night at a local male strip joint.

The laughs continue with Caroline, now an important employee in an advertising agency: her boss (Martin Mull) won't leave her alone sexually in the days before sexual harassment lawsuits. She is trying to win the contract with a tuna processing company with a president who is hard to please.

There is some melodrama to the movie too. Caroline misses Halloween with her kids because she has to go out of town. The youngest child faces the fear of having to give up his wobbie--a blanket. The husband and wife have a dilemma when they think that the other is having an affair.

If you ever need to escape a world of problems, this is the movie for you to take your mind off of everything. It is right up there with "Overboard" as my number one favorite comedy.

I like to buy DVDs of movies that the whole family can watch. I am very sensitive about the advertisements on TV and don't care about the interuption. This movie can be watched again and again. I like to create my own family movie collection.