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MAMA'S BOY

Rated PG-13
Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels, Anna Faris

Brian’s Rating       

Attention Jon Heder: Your fifteen minutes are up.

I loved you as the hapless nerd in Napoleon Dynamite. I was amused by your clueless skating star in Blades of Glory. But virtually everything else you’ve done has disappointed me and that includes your latest, the positively unwatchable Mama’s Boy.

I know it was probably a big thrill to work with Diane Keaton, Eli Wallach and Jeff Daniels, so I can understand that this project must have been tempting. But weren’t you even a little worried about playing such an unlikable ninny? A 29-year-old man still living at home with his mother? And didn’t you notice that the script wasn’t funny?

With the release of Mama’s Boy, you’ve joined the ranks of other once-promising cinematic disappointments like Rob Schneider and David Spade. Maybe you could have your agent call them up and make a movie with them. Wait a minute. You’ve already done that.

I forgot about The Benchwarmers. Never mind.