Momma's Man is not a document of an artist making a film as an exorcism, but a memoir of recent things past, when the act of doing away with childish matters was confronted and done.

| Oct 2, 2017

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Jacobs' minimalist approach demands acting of extraordinary sensitivity, which he gets from his cast, particularly from Matt Boren in the lead role.

| Original Score: 9.2/10 | Jun 12, 2010

Jacobs's low-fi third feature forges unique stylistic territory for the American independent film.

| Aug 24, 2009

This simple but assured indie drama about the safety of childhood and the necessity of leaving it is particularly affecting because writer-director Azazel Jacobs draws so heavily on his own life.

| May 29, 2009

The film is decidedly low-key. As such movies go, it's enjoyable, though you might find yourself wishing Mikey would just pull himself together.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2009

This is one of the most tiresome recent examples of American independent cinema.

| May 13, 2009

It's a quiet film, with its own measured pace, but it has more painfully astute observations than most comedies with 10 times the budget.

| May 13, 2009

Awkward pauses and gestures and moments of self-examination give it a rich texture. It's a lovely work, sad and funny. A melancomedy, if you will.

| Original Score: 5/6 | May 8, 2009

Azazel Jacobs' film is an enjoyably idiosyncratic tribute to his own eccentric family, and it adopts a fascinatingly novel approach to the strange anxieties of thirtysomething men.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 8, 2009

Slyly funny and genuinely original, Momma's Man represents that rarest of things, a truly independent American movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

This enjoyable lo-fi indie pictures an extreme example of a failure to sever the apron strings.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

It's a beguiling premise, and one writer-director Azazel Jacobs explores with skill, tenderness, and prodding wit.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

Azazel Jacobs' lo-fi indie comedy unfolds slowly but with patient precision.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

Enjoyable, thought-provoking and emotionally engaging independent drama with a great central performance from Matt Boren.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

Perhaps the most indispensable cast member, however, is the Jacobs' dwelling, their residence since 1966.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 24, 2008

The main character in Momma's Man shuffles through life like he's been poleaxed, and you may feel the same after you watch this slow-motion indie exercise about a grown-up who returns home and can't leave.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 24, 2008

The production has a patient, observant tone, which almost disguises the fact that Momma's Man can't decide what kind of movie it wants to be.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 24, 2008

The film drags at times, and watching Boren take Mikey further and further into a state of absolute immobility is difficult to watch, but his performance is so spot-on that you can't help but be drawn into figuring out what's going on with him.

| Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: B- | Oct 18, 2008