Review of Mama's Boy (2007) by Forrest M — 07 Sep 2008
A fragile boy raised to become a man of specific maternal needs, Jeffrey Mannus (Jon Heder) is now 29 years old and can?t move away from his mother, Jan (Diane Keaton). Ignoring his potential to instead stay protected under her wing, Jeffrey has grown into a bitter guy without much life experience.
When Jan finds love with self-help guru Mert (Jeff Daniels), it drives Jeffrey crazy, leaving him desperate to break the two up. Jeffrey finds comfort in Nora (Anna Faris), a minimum-wage revolutionary who takes a shine to the loser, but finds his lack of ambition disturbing.
Jeffrey now finds himself staring down a chance to finally find personal growth, caught between the life he?s comfortable with and the development of healthier emotional options. In the role of Jeffrey, Heder does what he always does, but with less energy and wit.
He plays yet another idiot who's too retarded to grow up but ends up learning a valuable lesson in the end. As far as Keaton is concerned, she already had her share of disastrous comedies. Her performance as Jeffrey's mother is not worth mentioning.
Faris' character spends most of the time singing blatant songs about corporate America, but she adds little interest to the story.
This review of Mama's Boy (2007) was written by Forrest M on 07 Sep 2008.
Mama's Boy has generally received mixed reviews.
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