Trading Mom
| Trading Mom | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tia Brelis |
| Produced by | Raffaella De Laurentiis |
| Screenplay by | Tia Brelis |
| Based on |
The Mummy Market by Nancy Brelis |
| Starring |
Sissy Spacek Anna Chlumsky Aaron Michael Metchik Asher Metchik and Maureen Stapleton |
| Music by | David Kitay |
| Cinematography | Buzz Feitshans IV |
| Editing by | Isaac Seyahek |
| Studio | First Look International |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $319,123[1] |
Trading Mom (also released as The Mommy Market) is a 1994 fantasy/comedy film written and directed by Tia Brelis, based on her mother's book. Starring Sissy Spacek and Anna Chlumsky, it features the final acting role of André the Giant, who died a year before the movie was released.
Plot
Elizabeth, Jeremy, and Harry Martin are three children who have had up to the edge with their mother, a nagging workaholic. Soon, they meet a mysterious gardener named Mrs. Cavour, who tells the siblings of an ancient spell that will make their mother disappear. After saying the incantation one night, the next morning, their mother has disappeared along with their memories of her. Mrs. Cavour tells the children of a place in town called the Mommy Market, where they have about every kind of mother one can think of. The Mommy Market has a policy, however, that one receives three tokens to take one of the mothers home, and if the children do not find a suitable mother by their third token, they could not return. Unfortunately for the children, the mothers they pick, a snappy French woman, a nature-hiker, and a circus performer, do not sit well with the kids, now feeling lost without a guardian to look after them. They want their own mother and try to remember something about her to break the spell.
Cast
- Sissy Spacek as Mrs. Martin / Mama, Snappy French / Mom, the Nature-Hiker / Natasha, the circus performer
- Anna Chlumsky as Elizabeth Martin
- Aaron Michael Metchik as Jeremy Martin
- Asher Metchik (Aaron's real-life brother) as Harry Martin
- Maureen Stapleton as Mrs. Cavour
- André the Giant as the Circus Strongman
- Merritt Yohnka as Principal Leeby
- Sean MacLaughlin as Edward, the Mommy Market's manager
- Schuyler Fisk (Spacek's real-life daughter) as Suzy
- Anne Shannon Baxter as Lily
- Nancy Chlumsky (Anna's real-life mom) as Dr. Richardson, the social worker
Reception
Trading Mom received negative reviews; as of July 2012, the film holds a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[2] as well as being mentioned in Siskel and Ebert's "Worst of 1994" episode.
References
External links
- Trading Mom at the Internet Movie Database
- Trading Mom at allmovie
- Trading Mom at Box Office Mojo
- Trading Mom at Rotten Tomatoes