Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

echernoffw-1 The first time I saw "Mother" was at a theater in Toronto where my sister and mother from Chicago were visiting. My husband and I and my mother and sister all went to this movie. My sister and I were laughing SO HARD, we fell on the floor! My mother didn't understand why we were laughing so hard but this movie was the story of our lives! The only difference is we are Jewish (as is Brooks) and this mother wasn't, but she was still MY mother. It was like Albert Brooks hid in our house when we were growing up and had written all this down. We especially loved the line that Debbie Reynolds says after they just got back from dinner" Dear, are you hungry'? and then starts pulling out frozen food from the freezer...my mother! All Jewish mother's think about is FOOD! We also thought it to be hilarious that she "freezes" everything, my mother does too. And the way Albert Brooks felt that she loved his brother more, hello...my life!This movie is smart, funny, witty and totally realistic! The casting is great, Debbie Reynolds is marvelous as the mother who can't understand why her son wants to move back home after a divorce, and Albert Brooks is also very believable as the confused son.If you put your self into this movie, you also might see signs of your life with your mother! Funny, funny flick!

Gatto Nero I watched this movie with an open mind and I came out disappointed. I had never seen a movie try so hard to be funny and really wasn't! I sort of like Brooks but this movie I really didn't care for.Debbie Reynolds did an okay job as Mother. She was quite sexy in a "cougar-type" of way! Ha-ha So it's very believable when her son discovers she occasional meets up with a 'Charles'(Peter White) for occasional sex! Original choice Nancy Reagan would have been interesting casting. But she declined because of her husband's condition at the time.Rob Morrow is the other son. As Brook's brother they seemed to play off each other rather well. Lisa Kudrow appears for a bit as a blind date gone wrong for Brooks. John C McGinley appears also for a bit as Brook's pal trying to console him about his recent divorce. Others that were wasted were: Isabel Glasser as Morrow's wife, Vanessa Williams(Not the singer) as Kudrow's roommate.Joey Naber(Angel Town) had a nice bit as the TV delivery man as did Peter White as Reynold's "occasional" lover.The song by Simon and Garfunkel, 'Mrs. Robinson', was changed to accommodate the words and storyline of this movie by Brooks. Now called "Mrs. Henderson".

JLRMovieReviews Albert Brooks moves back in with his mother to conduct an experiment. His latest marriage is down the drain and is in the process of a divorce and he wants to figure out why his relationships with women never work out. Hence, mama, here he comes! Debbie Reynolds, who had stayed somewhat productive during her long career, but had a lull in the eighties, made her comeback in this lightweight but feel-good movie. (Due to the response to her in this movie, she was cast the following year in the Kevin Kline movie, "In and Out.") Some critics may not call "Mother" his best material, and it may not have the same reputation as other Brooks films, but this is very good, and written very true to life. (We all know or have a mother just like this.) Rob Morrow is very memorable as Albert's brother and a whiny mama's boy, who can't get through a day without talking to his mama. To me, it is one of the best family movies of the 90s, with Albert Brooks' self-deprecating humor and winning performance. Lisa Kudrow is good in a bit part near the beginning, also.To me, you can never go wrong with Albert Brooks, and with Debbie Reynolds, too, you're in for a Mother's Day treat any day of the week!

timboytx If I enjoy a film enough to purchase it, then it means I KNOW I can enjoy repeated viewings of it, and that is certainly the case with "Mother". The story is character-driven, and the comedy is clever and often subtle, rather than being filled with broad, gag-oriented laughs--so it won't appeal to everyone. Debbie Reynolds is wonderfully understated, and does a great job of shedding the glamorous persona we're used to seeing from earlier films and TV roles. Albert Brooks is his standard but enjoyable self, and though his screen characters are known for their complaining, I never found it irritating. Lisa Kudrow has a small but funny role as one of the women Brooks dates early in the film.