Mother

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Cast

Albert Brooks

as John Henderson

Debbie Reynolds

as Beatrice Henderson

Rob Morrow

as Jeff Henderson

Lisa Kudrow

as Linda

John C. McGinley

as Carl

Rosalind Allen

as Woman at Gas Station

Isabel Glasser

as Cheryl Henderson

Anne Haney

as Helen

Peter White

as Charles

Paul Collins

as Lawyer

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