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Helicopter Mom

Country: USA, Language: English, 80 mins

  • Director: Salomé Breziner
  • Writer: Duke Tran
  • Producer: Salomé Breziner; Josh Cole

CGiii Comment

Well...this is a disaster...back-firing, misfiring on all levels.

Three things are certain...Duke Tran should never write anything again.

Salomé Breziner should go [back] to film-school.

Nia Vardalos should read the script before committing.

The premise is revolting: Cash-strapped Mother suspects her soon-to-college son is gay, she applies for a 'gay' scholarship and then sets her son up with a bevy of gay boys...in order to prove to the authorities that her son is indeed gay - although he hasn't actually announced it himself.

Throw in a drunken, absent father, a few other anal characters...and the devastation is complete.

It's ridiculous...and seriously offensive.

How this got chosen for LGBT film festivals is an affront.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Maggie Cooper thinks it would be so cool if her son Lloyd were gay. So cool in fact that she signs him up for a college scholarship for gay kids, sets him up on dates and then for good measure outs him to the entire school. And then Lloyd meets a girl.

Cast & Characters

Nia Vardalos as Maggie;
Jason Dolley as Lloyd;
Mark Boone Junior as Max;
Skyler Samuels as Carrie;
Devon Werkheiser as Fitch;
Kate Flannery as Norma;
Scott Shilstone as Brad;
Gillian Vigman as Barbara;
Kurt Collins as Dan;
Mike Hagerty as Principal