Mr. Mom | |
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Directed by | Stan Dragoti |
Screenplay by | John Hughes |
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Cinematography | Victor J. Kemper |
Edited by | Patrick Kennedy |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[1] |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million[2] |
Box office | $64.8 million[1] |
Mr. Mom is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti and produced by Lynn Loring, Lauren Shuler, and Aaron Spelling. It stars Michael Keaton (in his first lead role), Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, and Christopher Lloyd. It tells the story of a furloughed Detroit automotive engineer who becomes a stay-at-home dad and takes care of three young children, as his wife returns to a career in the advertising industry as an executive at a large agency. Released on July 22, 1983, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $64 million against its $5 million budget.