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Helicopter Mom

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 21m
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5.0/10
1.7K
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Nia Vardalos and Jason Dolley in Helicopter Mom (2014)
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Maggie Cooper thinks it would be really cool if her son Lloyd were gay. So cool, in fact, that she outs him to the entire school.Maggie Cooper thinks it would be really cool if her son Lloyd were gay. So cool, in fact, that she outs him to the entire school.Maggie Cooper thinks it would be really cool if her son Lloyd were gay. So cool, in fact, that she outs him to the entire school.

  • Director
    • Salomé Breziner
  • Writer
    • Duke Tran
  • Stars
    • Nia Vardalos
    • Jason Dolley
    • Mark Boone Junior
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    5.0/10
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    • Director
      • Salomé Breziner
    • Writer
      • Duke Tran
    • Stars
      • Nia Vardalos
      • Jason Dolley
      • Mark Boone Junior
    • 34User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Nia Vardalos
    Nia Vardalos
    • Maggie
    Jason Dolley
    Jason Dolley
    • Lloyd
    Mark Boone Junior
    Mark Boone Junior
    • Max
    Skyler Samuels
    Skyler Samuels
    • Carrie
    Devon Werkheiser
    Devon Werkheiser
    • Fitch
    Kate Flannery
    Kate Flannery
    • Norma
    Scott Shilstone
    Scott Shilstone
    • Brad
    Gillian Vigman
    Gillian Vigman
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    Kurt Collins
    Kurt Collins
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    Mike Hagerty
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    David Lewis
    • Parker
    Lisa Loeb
    Lisa Loeb
    • Mrs. Moore
    Jasmine Adele
    Jasmine Adele
    • Biker Babe
    • (as Jasmine Adele Schley)
    Juan Martin Aguirre
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    Kenny Apel
    Kenny Apel
    • Biker Guy #3
    Leslie Arcos
    • Highschool Student…
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    • Director
      • Salomé Breziner
    • Writer
      • Duke Tran
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    1lizdaldry

    This has amateur written all over it!

    This movie has little plot and zombie-like "acting" which puts the deep freeze on anything you might want to get out of the film. Aside from Ms. Vardalos, there's a reason the rest of the cast is made up of unknowns and little known bit players. Ms. Vardalos is astonishingly horrible in this and quickly making herself even less relevant than she's already become by being in amateur movies like Helicopter Mom.

    There are zero redeeming qualities about this movie and everything from the cinematography to the wardrobe makes it look like a bad student film.

    The only thing that's funny about this film is that apparently the sales company, distributor, production company, producer and/or director are posting bogus positive user reviews to try and trick people into watching this thing. 99% of the people see right through it which makes the losers behind this movie even more pathetic than they already are for putting out a trashy movie like this. The very few critic's who even bothered reviewing this movie unanimously panned it.

    Even if you can download this thing for free off the internet, your time is worth far more than subjecting yourself to 80 minutes of stupidity.
    1kidsnpuppies

    Amateur hour

    Nearly everything about this movie looks like it was made by 2nd graders.

    Starting with the obvious, the script is incoherent, unoriginal, unfunny and vacuous.

    The person who directed this clearly was grasping at straws, and to allow the lead character to act so way over-the-top showed very little skill of the craft.

    The acting by everyone (except the father) was a joke. It looked like bad dinner theater acting.

    The sound was not good and uneven. Some parts of the film were inaudible and the dialogue lost. How do you let that happen (unless, of course you're a 2nd grader)?

    I'm assuming this film was shot for 40-50k by film students in an attempt to raise money to try and make something bigger. However, I highly doubt this effort by those involved will lead to anything other than than an unemployment check or a job offer at Dunkin Donuts serving up flavors of the day.

    THIS is what you call AMATEUR HOUR.
    2talesofterror5

    Dumbest Movie I have ever seen.

    This film is so stupid.I mean where does one begin? The mother (though the actress was really good) was plagued by a terrible script that made her attachment to her son seem like a reverse Oedipus Complex. Besides that this movie is cringe inducing with it's "gay humor" that doesn't really come off as funny but more unintentionally homophobic. You see only two gay teens (who are side characters in a movie trying to sell itself as an LGBT genre movie I might add)who act like the most stereotypical cartoons of real people ever made. The were kinda like the gay teens in high school that all the other gay teens don't like because they are stupid and obnoxious.If you are a gay like me it feels like a black guy watching a ministerial show. How this ever got a premiere at Frameline I will never know.
    4ferguson-6

    Chainsaw Mom

    Greetings again from the darkness. Just when it seems everything we say or do is offensive to someone and most every topic is considered politically incorrect, a movie shows up that seems to say it's OK to be offensive if you are trying to make a worthy point. It's kind of like someone defending their actions by saying "I'm not a racist – I have an African-American friend."

    Helicopter parenting is defined as an overly involved parent who thinks they are best serving their kid by staying involved in every detail of life – from homework to activities to love life. As sad as this phenomenon is, this movie from director Salome Breziner and writer Duke Tran is so exaggerated, a more appropriate title would be Chainsaw Mom. Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) stars as the clueless and relentless single mom obsessed with her son … especially the uncertainties of his sexual orientation.

    Ms. Vardalos seems to have patterned her approach to the role after some of the wide-eyed over-the-top characters of Keenan Thompson from SNL. This is beyond caricature and it's also beyond annoying. The character is not believable in any sense, and is fortunately offset by more grounded performances from Jason Dolley, who plays her unfortunate son, and Mark Boone Junior, who plays her ex-husband and his father.

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking on a topic like teenage sexual ambiguity/confusion with a comedic approach; however, much of this comes off like a cheesy sitcom. The only thing missing is the laugh track … and maybe Vardalos hiding behind a potted plant while wearing Groucho glasses and mustache. I say maybe, because it's possible the latter occurred during one of the many segments where I was rolling my eyes or shaking my head in disbelief.

    Fortunately, there were some genuine father and son moments between Dolley and Boone. In fact, Boone's performance is so good, it's like someone changed the channel every time his character appears. Dolley and Skyler Samuels (The Duff) also have some very sweet and believable scenes together. It's just a shame that a moment as poignant as the confused son asking his father "When did you know you were straight?" is offset by mom publicly humiliating her kid and herself in yet another unimaginable display of inappropriate and cartoonish behavior.

    The supporting cast also includes Kate Flannery (TV's "The Office"), Gillian Vigman (The Hangover), and Dallas' own Hockaday girl Lisa Loeb – who has a role as a teacher, and wrote the song for the opening credits.

    Confusion over sexual orientation in teenagers is certainly a topic worthy of film treatment, as is the cultural phenomenon of helicopter parenting. The slapstick comedy approach seems to overwhelm the first message, while the 1980's sitcom style destroys any commentary on the second. The only person who thinks a boy's best friend is his mother is Norman Bates. And Hitchcock showed us how that turns out.
    13SecondFilmReviews

    I would give this 0 stars if possible.

    The writing felt like this could have been a script written by a non-film major in a screenwriting class at a local community college. It is riddled with some of the worst dialogue I have ever heard in a film. And then you have Nia Vardolos; she was so over-the-top that one has to wonder if she was binging on drugs or alcohol during the filming of this. I was in utter disbelief at how bad and rotorless this film was.

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    • Trivia
      When Lloyd's father Max tells him 4-1-1, Lloyd mentions Disney Channel. Jason Dolley (Llyod) was one of the main cast members in Disney Channel's Bonne chance Charlie (2010).
    • Goofs
      This is just one example of how poorly this film was made. The continuity is totally missing starting with the scene where mom is lying on the couch looking at Gay Scholarship results on her phone. Her hair is red, has no brightly-colored streaks in it, and she's wearing a blue t-shirt with large colored hearts on it. Her nail polish is black. In the next few frames, a close-up of the phone screen with the search results, her nails are pink, and the background shows some sort of patterned fabric that isn't in the wide shot. The next scene has her hurrying to her son's room, where her hair is back to brown with brightly-colored streaks, she's wearing a plaid, button-up shirt, and her nails are either polish-free or she's wearing clear polish.

      Minor continuity glitches are amusing. These are so glaring as to make the movie more difficult to watch. Knowing that the creators couldn't have cared less, why should I care about this film?

      Ugh.
    • Crazy credits
      This film is a work of pure fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, events or locations is purely coincidental. Really, Mom, this isn't about you.
    • Connections
      References Sailor Moon (1995)

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    • Release date
      • June 4, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mi madre contra todos
    • Filming locations
      • 2634 3rd street, Santa Monica, California, USA(Maggie Cooper's House)
    • Production company
      • American Film Productions
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    • Budget
      • $200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 21m(81 min)
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