Mother

Mother is a 1996 movie directed and written by Albert Brooks, and starring Brooks and Debbie Reynolds. John Henderson (Albert Brooks) is a successful science fiction writer finalizing his second divorce, given that he has a critical and neurotic personality. Perplexed at the issues he has with women, John decides to initiate a project to understand women better: moving in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds). "Mother" (1996) was filmed on location i... more

Mother is a 1996 movie directed and written by Albert Brooks, and starring Brooks and Debbie Reynolds. John Henderson (Albert Brooks) is a successful science fiction writer finalizing his second divorce, given that he has a critical and neurotic personality. Perplexed at the issues he has with women, John decides to initiate a project to understand women better: moving in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds). "Mother" (1996) was filmed on location in and around the town of Sausalito, Greenbrae, and Tiburon areas with additional shooting in San Francisco in Northern California. Albert Brooks wanted a famous actress from the 1950s to play the role of Mother, and originally offered the role to retired actresses Nancy Reagan and Doris Day. Day refused. Reagan loved the script and considered coming out of retirement for her first acting role in more than 40 years, but decided instead to stay home and care for her husband, Ronald Reagan, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Brooks then... less