This is the Michael Keaton we all know and love.
The nice guy, the lovable slob, the lug who tries to do the good thing but messes up one detail or another then gets it right by the end.
"Mr. Mom" makes his frantic antics the highlight as he loses his job in an auto plant just as his wife (Garr) gets one at an advertising firm. He's then left to do things Dad's way, kids and all.
Most guys (most, I said) know how to operate household appliances and read the directions on the laundry detergent. But there are guys who just have to do it there way to show it can be done...even if it can't. And in Keaton's case, it can't. And he proves that more than once here.
He's the whole movie, basically; the macho can-do guy trying his best not to let the piles of housework, shopping, school routes (south to drop off, north to pick up) and daily advice from other housewives get him down. And John Hughes' script is subtle and fun; this was long before he watched too many cartoons, mind you.
In the end, all is well in the average American household and Keaton, Garr and Hughes demonstrate once and for all that, guys, it doesn't kill you to pick up after yourselves once in a while.
Seven stars for "Mr. Mom" - eight if you like "The Young and the Restless".
The nice guy, the lovable slob, the lug who tries to do the good thing but messes up one detail or another then gets it right by the end.
"Mr. Mom" makes his frantic antics the highlight as he loses his job in an auto plant just as his wife (Garr) gets one at an advertising firm. He's then left to do things Dad's way, kids and all.
Most guys (most, I said) know how to operate household appliances and read the directions on the laundry detergent. But there are guys who just have to do it there way to show it can be done...even if it can't. And in Keaton's case, it can't. And he proves that more than once here.
He's the whole movie, basically; the macho can-do guy trying his best not to let the piles of housework, shopping, school routes (south to drop off, north to pick up) and daily advice from other housewives get him down. And John Hughes' script is subtle and fun; this was long before he watched too many cartoons, mind you.
In the end, all is well in the average American household and Keaton, Garr and Hughes demonstrate once and for all that, guys, it doesn't kill you to pick up after yourselves once in a while.
Seven stars for "Mr. Mom" - eight if you like "The Young and the Restless".