Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Detective Joe Bomowski's mom is in town for a visit. She did the laundry, washed the windows and scrubbed the floors. Now, she's gonna clean up the streets.

5.3 / 10 1992 1h 27mPG-13 English
ActionComedy

Storyline

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

Cast & Crew

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Sgt. Joseph Andrew 'Joe' Bomowski

Lead
Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty

Tutti Bomowski

JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

Lt. Gwen Harper

Roger Rees

Roger Rees

Parnell

Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero

Paulie

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Munroe

John Wesley

John Wesley

Tony

Al Fann

Al Fann

Lou

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roger Spottiswoode's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker