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A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsIt works from a specific place and lets audiences relate to that place, and the people in it, like trusted intimates. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBeautiful, wise, and poker-faced comedy of discombobulation. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoIt's time to stop calling Azazel Jacobs a "promising" filmmaker. With Momma's Man, Jacobs achieves the promise. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanOne of the sweetest, saddest stories Franz Kafka never wrote. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrDeeper, darker currents move through Momma's Man, eddying around fears of letting go on both sides of the generational divide. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMastery of tone is everything here, and Azazel's control, combined with his wit, perception, discretion and easy command of the visual and of his cast makes Momma's Man a gem. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisMr. Jacobs has succeeded at one of the most difficult tasks given a director, which is to make a character come alive through the filmmaking, not exposition. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirA highly unusual combination of craft, emotion and integrity. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA little miracle, Azazel Jacobs' lovely story of a life lost and found tackles big issues -love, maturity, fulfillment - in deceptively modest fashion. |
| VarietyScott FoundasWryly comic, sometimes heartbreaking and altogether original film about a thirtysomething Angeleno who pays a visit to his aging New York parents and finds himself unwilling or unable to leave. |