Mr. Mom (1983)

Directed by

Stan Dragoti

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 350 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A laid-off engineer becomes the full-time homemaker for his three kids while his wife goes back to work as an ad executive. He struggles with household chaos and his own sense of worth as their roles reverse.

lightheartedcomedicwhimsicalwarmfrustratingheartfeltchaoticreassuring

What happens

Mr. Mom is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti, written by John Hughes, and produced by Lynn Loring and Lauren Shuler. It stars Michael Keaton (in his first lead role), Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, and Christopher Lloyd. It tells the story of Jack Butler, a furloughed Detroit automotive engineer who becomes a stay-at-home dad and takes care of three young children, as his wife Caroline returns to a career in the advertising industry as an executive at a large agency. Released by 20th Century-Fox on July 22, 1983, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $64 million against its $5 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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