Jude Madigan abandons her husband Robert and her three sons without any explanation. Three years later Jude inexplicably returns to reunite her family. However Robert and his new lover Calli... Read allJude Madigan abandons her husband Robert and her three sons without any explanation. Three years later Jude inexplicably returns to reunite her family. However Robert and his new lover Callie see Jude for the true psychopath she is and try their best to protect their sons. Jude e... Read allJude Madigan abandons her husband Robert and her three sons without any explanation. Three years later Jude inexplicably returns to reunite her family. However Robert and his new lover Callie see Jude for the true psychopath she is and try their best to protect their sons. Jude embarks on a non stop stalking and harassment campaign against the family, and even seduces... Read all
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To Jude, the fact that she abandoned her husband and two sons for three years is immaterial. She simply must have her family back at all costs.
Uh oh!
It seems that dad has a new girlfriend. This sets up a perfect opportunity for Ms. Curtis to sink her teeth into some insane antics.
MOTHER'S BOYS is a fairly tense, nearly bloodless thriller. The real fun comes from watching Jude grow increasingly reckless, dangerous, and homicidal.
FANS OF MS. CURTIS TAKE NOTE: She doth display her birthday suit. Well, some of it anyway. In a bubble bath, where -Gasp!- a boobular is shown...
The one big problem I have is that Luke Edwards as Kes is turned to Jamie's side too quickly. His role is key, but isn't sufficiently developed. It's sketched instead, which is too bad because, in a sense this is as much his movie as Jamie's. For once, perhaps, a film was under rather than over written.
The movie deserved better than it got.
In the movie, Curtis plays a woman who abandons her husband and children and comes back, hoping to be welcomed back into thier lives with open arms. But she soon discovers that her husband has moved on with a new woman and wants a divorce. Then the movie gets really stupid, with childish pranks, as when Curtis spray paints "whore" on the side of the other woman's car. She begins stalking the family and is even able to manipulate her oldest son into helping her. There is one awful scene where her son watches her walking around naked with "lust" in his eyes. The movie almost tries to imply incest between a woman in her late 30s and a child in his pre-teens.
I won't spoil the ending for you, but it's so stupid that you'll wish I'd warned you first.
Did you know
- TriviaThe first time Jamie Lee Curtis has played a villain in a suspense thriller.
- GoofsIn the VHS version, the dolly tracks are visible when Kes walks towards the bath with Jude is sitting in it.
- Alternate versionsThe director's cut has more swearing then the theatrical version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Naked Acts (1996)
- SoundtracksTHE LONGEST NIGHT - THEME FROM MOTHER'S BOYS
Performed by Clair Marlo
Music by George S. Clinton
Lyrics by Charlotte Clinton, Seth Kaplan and George S. Clinton
Published by Char-Geor Music/Spaulding Avenue Music (ASCAP)
Produced by George S. Clinton
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- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $737,548
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $318,332
- Mar 20, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $737,548