Helicopter Mom

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Helicopter Mom

2014

1h 23m

Comedy

LGBTQ+

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The overbearing mother (Nia Vardalos) of a sexually confused teenager (Jason Dolley) tells everyone that he's gay and submits an application on his behalf for a college scholarship for LGBT students.

David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

06/30/2020

This wholesome family film features funny performances across the board, but the revelation here is Jason Dolley...

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

04/23/2015

A forced comedy that mines uneasy humor from stale stereotypes.

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

05/01/2015

2/5

Comedy about overly involved mom has a little edge.

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Kyle Turner

Under the Radar

04/24/2015

2/10

With such an onslaught of misunderstanding of what being queer means and what the gay lifestyle is, the film flounders.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

04/23/2015

C

Director Salome Breziner is too permissive with her star, but "Helicopter Mom" retains some heart and meaning as it struggles to breathe.

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Christine N. Ziemba

Paste Magazine

04/23/2015

2.4/10

Breziner's disjointed film is rife with storylines that go nowhere and characters that briefly appear and disappear without explanation.

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04/02/2018

This is one of the best movies that has come out in our entire generation i do not know how this has only gotten a 17 on rotten tomatoes it should at least be somewere in the high 90's

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12/12/2016

Silly but charming. Mark Boon Junior was quite good and rather genuine. There were some funny moments as well.

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Michael B

@BlackCloud13 07/26/2016

This film is terrible. Don't watch it. A mother applies for a gay scholarship for her son who isn't gay. It is awful.

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12/15/2015

cute. .. I wanna slap her but cute[you will too].

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07/31/2015

Terrible, horrible, lame movie. What were they thinking?!

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05/28/2015

I love love LOVE Mark Boone Jr. in this! He's so good. He needs to be in more stuff.

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Synopsis

The overbearing mother (Nia Vardalos) of a sexually confused teenager (Jason Dolley) tells everyone that he's gay and submits an application on his behalf for a college scholarship for LGBT students.

Director: Salomé Breziner
Producer: Salomé Breziner, Josh Cole, Stephen Israel, Chase Kuker
Screenwriter: Duke Tran
Production Co: American Film Productions
Genre: Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 28, 2015
Runtime: 1h 23m

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