Mother

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Mother is a 1996 comedy-drama film directed by Albert Brooks, and was co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson. The film stars Brooks and Debbie Reynolds.

Plot

John Henderson (Albert Brooks) is a successful science fiction writer who is finalizing his second divorce. Perplexed by the issues he has with women, John decides to initiate a project that will help him understand what went wrong in his relationships"?he moves back in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds), occupying the same bedroom he had as a child.

Cast

Albert Brooks as John Henderson
Debbie Reynolds as Beatrice Henderson
Laura Weeks as Karen Henderson
Rob Morrow as Jeff Henderson
Isabel Glasser as Cheryl Henderson
Danielle Quinn as Jill Henderson
Spencer Klein as Josh Henderson
Paul Collins as the lawyer
John C. McGinley as Carl
Vanessa A. Williams as Donna
Lisa Kudrow as Linda
Anne Haney as Helen
Billye Ree Wallace as Alice
Peter White as Charles
James Gleason as a waiter
Ernie Lively as the man at the rest stop
Matt Nolan as a Gap salesman
Harry Hutchinson as a pet store salesman
Kimiko Gelman as a saleswoman at Victoria's Secret
Richard Assad and Joey Naber as TV installers
Rosalind Allen as the woman at the gas station

Production

Brooks wanted a famous actress from the 1950s to play the role of Mother, and originally offered the role to retired actresses Nancy Reagan and Doris Day. Day refused; Reagan loved the script and considered coming out of retirement for her first acting role in more than 40 years, but decided instead to stay home and care for her husband, Ronald Reagan, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Brooks then asked his good friend Carrie Fisher if she could send the script to her mother, Debbie Reynolds, who accepted the part.

Filming

Mother was filmed on location in and around the Sausalito, Greenbrae, and Tiburon areas, with additional shooting in San Francisco.

Reception

Critical reception

Mother received mostly positive reviews from critics and holds a 90% rating on review aggragator Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews.

Box office

Mother became the highest-grossing Brooks-directed film to date, with a total of $19.1 million earned at the box-office.

Accolades

It also won the most awards of the films which Brooks has directed. Brooks and co-writer Monica Mcgowan Johnson won the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay. Debbie Reynolds won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

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