Helicopter Mom
Maggie Cooper thinks it would be really cool if her son Lloyd were gay. So cool, in fact, that she outs him to the entire school.
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April 24, 2015
With such an onslaught of misunderstanding of what being queer means and what the gay lifestyle is, the film flounders.
April 23, 2015
Breziner's disjointed film is rife with storylines that go nowhere and characters that briefly appear and disappear without explanation.
May 01, 2015
Comedy about overly involved mom has a little edge.
April 21, 2015
An alternately humorous and sobering cautionary tale chronicling the woes of an exasperated kid smothered by a well-meaning mom in an era of omnipresent parenting.
April 23, 2015
Director Salome Breziner is too permissive with her star, but "Helicopter Mom" retains some heart and meaning as it struggles to breathe.
April 23, 2015
A forced comedy that mines uneasy humor from stale stereotypes.
