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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 04/25/2000 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Domestic Comedy

Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) is a Detroit automobile engineer unjustly fired by his boss. Jack's wife Caroline (Teri Garr) is compelled to get a job to make ends meet, and is soon hired on as an advertising executive in a firm run by the shifty Ron Richardson (Martin Mull. This leaves Jack at home doing the housework and taking care of the kids, which he discovers is a lot more complicated than he ever imagined. Moving from breadwinner to househusband doesn't do much for his self-esteem, and he bides his time playing poker for 10-cents-off coupons with a gaggle of neighborhood housewifes and pondering infidelity with dedicated homewrecker Joan (Ann Jillian). Among Keaton's fish-out-of-water bits: trying to maneuver a shopping cart with the inevitable wobbly wheels; and imagining a soap opera-cum-film noir episode in which he gives in to Joan's advances, only to be found out by Caroline. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Michael Keaton - Jack
Teri Garr - Caroline
Frederick Koehler - Alex
Taliesin Jaffe - Kenny
Brittany White - Megan

Stan Dragoti's switching gender-roles comedy Mr. Mom comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible, and the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a collectible booklet. This is an inexpensive release from MGM/UA that would have been improved by the inclusion of a widescreen transfer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide