Diane Keaton,
Dax Shepard,
Liv Tyler,
Mike White,
Ken Howard
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When an everyday thirtysomething is fired from his job, his unemployment woes are soon compounded as the ticking of his wife's maternal clock reaches a deafening pitch, and his overbearing mother anno... read more
DVD Release Date: May 5, 2009
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November 30, 2010I don't understand all the bad reviews of this film. I was laughing out loud throughout. I thought that this movie had many, many chuckle moments, and I'm not all that easy to please when it comes to comedies. Dax Shepard just cracked me up. Diane Keaton was alot on the kooky sid... read more
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June 26, 2010CAST: Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Ken Howard, Selma Stern, Jerry Lambert, Don Lake
DIRECTED BY: Vince Di Meglio
SUMMARY: After losing his job, therapist Noah Cooper (Dax Shepard) returns home to discover that his loud, pushy mother (Diane Keaton) has l... read more -
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January 18, 2009Smother, starring Diane Keaton and Liv Tyler is a good comedy. A young couple trying to start out have to compete with having her brother and his mother reside with them for several weeks....many crazy things ensue...a cute movie to see and I love Diane Keaton.
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January 3, 2009Good light comedy film with a lot of laughs. Maybe all the people who panned this one have stable mothers. LOL. I could relate to it. Diane Keaton and Liv Tyler are both great in this.
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November 16, 2008Diane Keaton, playing a very similar meddling mother role to the ones she playing in Because, I Said So and Mama's Boy, is terrific as Dax Shepard's well-meaning, but astoundingly annoying, mother. Though a very funny movie, this also wears its heart on its sleeve, ... read more
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May 16, 2009Here is a funny movie that centralizes on one man?s dilemma when he loses his job, his wife wants to have a baby, and unwanted visitors come to stay in their home. Noah?s entire world is turned upside down, until he decides to do something about it. Filled with tons of laughter! ... read more
Critic Reviews
August 16, 2009
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
April 16, 2009
Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
Not exactly unequivocal accolades for the mom in your life, nor is it Mommie Dearest packing closet hangers. But there's a decided appreciation for the woman who raised you, warts and all, and debrief... Full Review
October 3, 2008
Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly
Smother feels like the sort of misbegotten curiosity Comedy Central uses to fill its Sunday afternoon programming. Full Review
September 25, 2008
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
Perhaps Diane Keaton was poisoned by merciless Asian gangsters with strict instructions to make two career-denting comedies that methodically peel away her integrity before she was allowed the sweet k... Full Review
June 7, 2008
Jake Wilson, The Age (Australia)
This film has its share of crass, unlikely jokes, but also allows its characters some psychological complexity. Full Review
May 15, 2008
David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia)
Director and co-screenwriter Vince di Meglio handles this thin material without much subtlety. Full Review
May 7, 2008
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
Filled with crazy situations, this comedy of errors may not work 100% of the time, but there are enough laughs to allow us to delight in its lunacy, and enough home truths about families and mother/so... Full Review
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