Mama's Boy Preview

Well now that I have to get back into the writing mood after getting back to school, I think Mama’s Boy sounds like a nice restart movie to talk about. Mama’s Boy is slated to be released on November 30, 2007. It stars Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, and Anna Faris in the upcoming comedy. It is being directed by Tim Hamilton in his first notable directorial experience and the script was written by Hank Nelken who wrote Are We Done Yet?. The lack of experience from the director and the disaster that came out of the writer’s previous script should be a red flag for anyone who wants to see this movie.

Mama’s Boy is about Jeffery Manus (Heder), a twenty nine year old who still lives with his mother (Keaton). He sees the set up with his mother as the perfect arrangement and has no plans on changing it in the near future. That is until Jan, Jeffery’s mother, meets Mert. Mert, who is a motivational speaker, then starts to invade Jeffery’s territory, something that Jeffery will not tolerate. Jeffery then enlists the help of Nora (Faris) in his war against Mert (Jeff Daniels). Nora is an aspiring song writer who has a soft spot for Jeffery. As the war between Jeffery and Mert escalates, Jeffery slowly starts to discover the adult that is inside of him.

Now many of you may immediately think of Grandma’s Boy, but you are mistaken. There is no association between Grandma’s Boy and Mama’s Boy. This really doesn’t excite me too much since it sounds like they are trying to make some money by making people think that it’ll be similar to Grandma’s Boy. The lack of experience by the director could make the scenes on film really awkward to watch. The failure of the movie that the writer was associated with also really concerns me. Are We Done Yet was on IMDb’s list of 100 worst movies for a period of time. This just doesn’t sound like it has the potential to wow audiences.