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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThough sure to be distasteful for some viewers even to ponder, this giddy exercise transcends mere bad-taste humor to become one of the great jet-black comedies about suburbia.
- 80ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerMom and Dad gives Cage his most plausible in-story excuse to unleash his total Cageosity since Face/Off. Given a juicy part and the freedom to do whatever he wants, he embraces Brent’s madness with obvious glee.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenWriter-director Brian Taylor's Mom and Dad invests a hoary conceit with disturbing and hilarious lunacy.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinZero-to-60 speed crazy is pretty much right in Cage’s wheelhouse, and he offers up a perfectly amusing comical workout of the madman shtick he could pretty much do in this sleep at this point. More impressive is Blair, a chronically underused talent who gets to demonstrate her already established flair for comedy and more besides in a role to which she brings a surprisingly level of nuance.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThere’s also some commentary about twenty-first century technology and cellphone culture, but I don’t think Taylor goes far enough to make it more than throwaway insight soon forgotten for crazed violence. As far as the latter goes, Mom and Dad delivers crazy in an exciting way that never bores.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreMom and Dad is a reminder of how much gonzo fun a B-movie can be, how hilarious “Crank” was and what a hoot Nicolas Cage — who makes almost entirely B, C and D movies these days — is when he’s uncaged and unhinged.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThis is an unrepentant midnight movie, dirty and violent and best enjoyed with a steady supply of alcohol.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe film lets Nicolas Cage’s gonzo performance be its guide, mixing mocking self-parody and giddy enthusiasm for an utterly disposable, demented genre diversion.
- 50Washington PostPat PaduaWashington PostPat PaduaDespite a glorious performance by Nicolas Cage as a vicious father, this vivid satire of a world turned upside down is marred by writer-director Brian Taylor’s sloppy filmmaking.