Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Infobox Film
name = Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot


caption = Promotional poster for "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"
director = Roger Spottiswoode
producer =
writer = Blake Snyder
William Osborne
William Davies
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starring = Sylvester Stallone
Estelle Getty
JoBeth Williams
Roger Rees
Martin Ferrero
Ving Rhames
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editing =
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released = 1992
runtime = 87 min
country = United States
language = English
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amg_id = 1:46981
imdb_id = 0105477

"Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" is a 1992 comedy film starring Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, and JoBeth Williams. Critically panned, it was awarded three Golden Raspberry awards, including Worst Actor.

ynopsis

A tough cop's (Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police case. Eventually the film draws to a denouement involving the title of the film and a revelation that even though she seems frail and weak she is capable of strong actions in some circumstances, i.e. when her offspring is threatened.

Cast

*Sylvester Stallone as Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski
*Estelle Getty as Mrs. Tutti Bomowski
*JoBeth Williams as Lt. Gwen Harper
*John Wesley as Sgt. Tony
*Al Fann as Sgt. Lou
*Roger Rees as J. Parnell
*Martin Ferrero as Paulie
*Gailard Sartain as Munroe
*Dennis Burkley as Mitchell

Reception

Reviews for the film were overwhelmingly negative. It has a 6% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Film critic Roger Ebert's review in the Chicago Sun-Times declared: "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" is one of those movies so dimwitted, so utterly lacking in even the smallest morsel of redeeming value, that you stare at the screen in stunned disbelief." Ebert has also called the film one of the worst he's ever seen. [ [http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=Stop!%20Or%20my%20mom%20will%20shoot Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot review] ] Likewise, Gene Siskel said in his review for the Chicago Tribune: "If this doesn’t turn out to be one of the very worst movies of the year, it’s going to be a very bad year." Sylvester Stallone has stated that this was the worst film he has ever done.

On Fox Sports' "The Best Damn Sports Show Period", Stallone was a guest when another guest, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Anthony McFarland told Stallone that he saw this film in the theater and that Stallone owed him $20. Stallone paid up.

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