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3 | A 1996 comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/AlbertBrooks, who also stars along with Creator/DebbieReynolds as mother and son. This is the first film to have Reynolds in a major role in over twenty years. |
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5 | John Henderson, a successful but twice-divorced novelist, moves in with his widowed mother to figure out why he has problems in relationships with women. |
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7 | Also stars Creator/RobMorrow, Creator/IsabelGlasser, Creator/PaulCollins, and Creator/LisaKudrow. |
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10 | !!Tropes for the film: |
11 | * CharacterTitle: About John's mother, Beatrice. |
12 | * DisappearedDad: John and Jeff's father passed away prior to the film. |
13 | * ItTastesLikeFeet: The titular mother has a large vat of orange ice cream that she has kept in her freezer for years. She offers some to her grown-up son, John, who disgustedly proclaims "It tastes like an orange foot." |
14 | * OneWordTitle: ''Mother''. |
15 | * {{Tagline}}: "No actual mothers were harmed during the making of this motion picture". |
16 | * TheUnFavourite: John believes that he is this compared to his brother Jeff, who is more successful and has a family of his own. |
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