
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Seen it?1992 | 87 min | Action, Comedy
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 14% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 5.4 out of 10 from audiences 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
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and action fans. If you loved The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 27 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much: an easy pick for most people.
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
14% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
5.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$71 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 128K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
- Sylvester StalloneJoe Bomowski
- Estelle GettyTutti
- JoBeth WilliamsGwen Harper
- Roger ReesParnell
- Martin FerreroPaulie
- Gailard SartainMunroe
- John WesleyTony
- Al FannLou
- Ella JoyceMcCabe
- J. Kenneth CampbellRoss