Monday Morning Maybe

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1987 | 81 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 40% audience score and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Great for fans of a good revenge story and anyone who wants a laugh. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Same wavelength as The Wrath of Becky or The Lost Boys. Steeped in the 1980s, from the music to the hair.
The mood
Scary.
The pace
Tense from early on, at 1 hr 21 min. Done before bedtime.
What might put you off
  • Rated R: meant for adults.
  • Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.

When a Black oil well worker is killed by a band of California neo-Nazis, his gun-wielding grandmother busts out of her retirement home to avenge him.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    17% on Rotten Tomatoes, 28 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesBelow par

    Our audience score: 40%

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 20K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Peter George

  • Gail NeelyEleanor 'Mama' Washington
  • Robert HardenLeroy
  • Barry BrennerAdolf
  • Dawn WildsmithEva
  • Michael SonyeMengele
  • Joel HileHook
  • Gene MitchellBrutus
  • Tom ShellSmeg
  • Bobbie BreseeSmeg's Mom
  • Tom DemenkoffAriel