Helicopter Mom

2014

1 hr. 23 min.

Comedy

LGBTQ+

List

29%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

80%

250+ Ratings

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The overbearing mother (Nia Vardalos) of a sexually confused teenager (Jason Dolley) tells everyone that he's gay and submits an application on his behalf for a college scholarship for LGBT students.

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The first half of the Hachi movie is happy to watch but the second half of the Hachi movie is sad which made me emotional at times. What a loyal, loving and devoted dog Hachi was to his owner. After the death of Hachi owner, the family should have tried harder to build a relationship with Hachi to get his love and devotion. The wife of the owner supposedly went back to Subuya station 10 years later and saw Hachi sitting there looking old and still waiting. She could have taken Hachi with her when she left Subuya station to be with Hachi for the remaining days of Hachi life. But instead, she left Hachi at Subuya station and was not concerned what would happen to Hachi. I feel her actions were very selfish and uncaring. Hachi deserved to be loved again, even if it would be for a short period of time because of the love and loyalty Hachi had for his owner. The family should have taken Hachi to the funeral service and let Hachi smell a piece of clothing and shown a photograph of his owner for possible closure for Hachi that his owner died. What I find sad as a human being is from 1925 to 1932, people at Subuya train station mistreated Hachi. It wasn't until the story of Hachi was published in the newspaper that people started to care, provide food, and give attention to Hachi. During those 7 years this could have been when Hachi became sick with cancer and worms and his condition got worse over those 7 years. There was no one really close to Hachi during those years to see or be concerned about Hachi health. Regardless, Hachi would still walk to the Subuya station each day and wait in all types of weather conditions for his deceased owner even when Hachi was getting old. I could not imagine how much pain and loneliness Hachi may have felt after his owner died. I'm so glad Hachi was honoured with a statue of him, him and his owner together. If I could go back to the time period of Hachi from 1925 to 1935, I would have given Hachi a lot of affection, provided food, companionship and a permanent home. Hachi always be remembered over the world for the loving and loyal dog he was. Rest in peace Hachi

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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This is one of the best movies that has come out in our entire generation i do not know how this has only gotten a 17 on rotten tomatoes it should at least be somewere in the high 90's

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Silly but charming. Mark Boon Junior was quite good and rather genuine. There were some funny moments as well.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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This film is terrible. Don't watch it. A mother applies for a gay scholarship for her son who isn't gay. It is awful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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cute. .. I wanna slap her but cute[you will too].

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Terrible, horrible, lame movie. What were they thinking?!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Salomé Breziner

Director

Nia Vardalos

Maggie

Jason Dolley

Lloyd

Mark Boone Junior

Max

Skyler Samuels

Carrie

Devon Werkheiser

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David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

This wholesome family film features funny performances across the board, but the revelation here is Jason Dolley...

Jun 30, 2020

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

A forced comedy that mines uneasy humor from stale stereotypes.

Apr 23, 2015

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Comedy about overly involved mom has a little edge.

Rated: 2/5

May 1, 2015

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Kyle Turner

Under the Radar

With such an onslaught of misunderstanding of what being queer means and what the gay lifestyle is, the film flounders.

Rated: 2/10

Apr 24, 2015

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Director Salome Breziner is too permissive with her star, but "Helicopter Mom" retains some heart and meaning as it struggles to breathe.

Rated: C

Apr 23, 2015

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Christine N. Ziemba

Paste Magazine

Breziner's disjointed film is rife with storylines that go nowhere and characters that briefly appear and disappear without explanation.

Rated: 2.4/10

Apr 23, 2015

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Synopsis

The overbearing mother (Nia Vardalos) of a sexually confused teenager (Jason Dolley) tells everyone that he's gay and submits an application on his behalf for a college scholarship for LGBT students.

Director: Salomé Breziner
Executive Producer: George Voskericyan, Derek Tran, Larry Wong
Screenwriter: Duke Tran
Production Co: American Film Productions
Genre: Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 28, 2015

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