My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

George Gallo

Writer (WGA):

George Gallo (written by)

Release Date:

30 April 2008 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

To catch a thief, Henry Durand must do the unthinkable. Spy on his mother.

Plot:

Henry Durand is a young federal agent who is given a difficult assignment: spy on his mother and her boyfriend who is suspected of leading a gang of art thieves.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Surveillance | Love | FBI Agent | Sculpture

Cast

Antonio Banderas	...	Tommy Lucero / Martinez
Meg Ryan	...	Martha (Marty) Durand
Colin Hanks	...	Henry Durand
Selma Blair	...	Emily Lott
Trevor Morgan	...	Eddie
John Valdetero	...	Agent Fedler (as John Valdeterro)
Eli Danker	...	Jean Yves Tatao
Tom Adams	...	Niko Evangelatos
Keith David	...	FBI Chief Conrad
Enrico Colantoni	...	Enrico the Chef
Marco St. John	...	Inspector Laborde
Aki Avni	...	Agent Randle
Mark Meade	...	Special Agent Wagner
Tarri Markell	...	Agent Cisneros
Jeff Fried	...	Agent Simpson

Also Known As:

My Spy (Australia) (DVD title) (Europe: English title) (wide-release title) (UK)
Homeland Security (International: English title) (USA) (working title)
Lauschangriff - My Mom's New Boyfriend (Germany) (DVD title)
More Than You Know (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Netherlands:97 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Norton Art Gallery - 4747 Creswell Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

The movie was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was originally going to be filmed in New Orleans, but due to hurricane Katrina it was moved up state.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Henry pours his second cup of scotch, he takes the top off the bottle twice.

Quotes:

Tommy Lucero: Next time you eat garlic, please do it after the robbery, thank you very much.

Soundtrack:

Hold On

Completely charmless mess

Just horrible, horrible, horrible.

We didn't laugh - not once.

Just about every scene is set up to deliver a flat joke.

Honestly, we LOVE comedies, but this was neither comedy, or romantic. The plot about the Mum (Meg Ryan) whose son is in the FBI (Colin Hanks - who here acts as though he has a large plank inserted right up him especially in his scenes with Selma Blair) - starts with Meg Ryan losing 200lbs of fugliness suddenly becomes beautiful wealthy vivacious and sexy, much to the son's embarrassment, is just tooo much. When a suspected wanted international art thief (Banderas) falls for her and the son is on the case the so-called fun begins. But it just ain't fun. At all. What ensues is a comedy of errors and misunderstandings that is just plain toe-curling embarrassing.

This is one of the weakest comedies it has ever been my immense discomfort to see - nothing shines - and the target audience is what? Women in their 40s? - I suggest anyone would be just plain insulted by the lack of anything construing the most basic brain food here - there ain't one smart line or original scene - it truly is neither comedy or romance.

The only positive is that this is totally harmless and won't offend,but it won't entertain either, it really is lobotomy food...

This is seriously one of the turkeys of the year and deserves to not only go straight to DVD but straight into the DVD bin...

Does no-one's careers (Especially Hanks) any favours ... avoid like the plague...especially if you're fans of any of the actors...this will be, I guarantee, one they want to forget in a hurry.