A lonely middle-aged Chicago cop who still lives with his mother, a domineering Irish widow who's used to controlling her son's life, finds he must cut the strangling apron strings when he falls in love. But mom isn't going to give up her son that easily.
Danny Muldoon is a sweet-tempered Chicago cop who has lived with his overbearing Irish mother Rose his entire adult life. Rose's relationship with her son is challenged for the first time when he meets Theresa, the shy, romantically inexperienced daughter of a mortician. Mama's boy Danny must overcome both his passivity and his overwhelming sense of Catholic guilt as he struggles to untangle himself from his mother's apron strings and take control of his own life.
Shot on Location in Chicago, Illinois, in DeLuxe color.
Began shooting December 21, 1990; completed shooting December 21, 1990. Released in the USA May 24, 1991. Released on video November 27, 1991.
Maureen O'Hara's first screen role since her 1973 performance in the film "Red Pony."
Ballet performed by the Boitsov Classical Ballet Company, choreography by Madame Elizabeth Boitsov.
Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Censors.
Excerpt: "Where are her breasts?" -- Rose (Maureen O'Hara)
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - 1. Promotional Featurette
Trailer - 1. Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Production Designer
John Muto: Production Designer, SPECIES (1995)
Director of Photography
Julio Macat:
Review 1:
"...[Candy] gives an honestly touching performance....Simple charms..."
Source: New York Times
p.C10 05/24/1991
Review 2:
"...Candy is so sincere here that it is obvious he's taken John Hughes' latest production to heart..."
Source: USA Today
p.7D 05/24/1991
Review 3:
"...[Candy] radiates comic sweetness, gentleness and affability....[O'Hara] makes a genuinely spectacular comeback..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F6 05/24/1991
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