'Mom' review: Goofy, biting, sentimental
Anna Faris, right, and Allison Janney in a scene from "Mom," premiering Monday, Sept. 23 at 9:30 p.m. EST. Credit: AP
producer teeth on "Roseanne"? And "Grace Under Fire"? And "Cybill"? Yes. Yes, he did.
Which explains the echoes infusing this portrait of what are actually two moms. Anna Faris plays waitress Christy, a spunky single parent who goes unrespected by her carousing teen daughter, her drug-dealing ex and her philandering boss/boyfriend. Allison Janney is Christy's bad-role-model mother, Bonnie, roaring back into town on the make for men and merriment. "While other mothers were cooking dinner," blames Christy, "you were cooking meth." "Otherwise known as working!" snaps Bonnie.
Lorre knows what he's doing with modern families -- he wrote some of "Roseanne's" best lines -- and he's got a better actress playing his new mom under fire. Her bistro workplace also features gonzo chef French Stewart ("3rd Rock From the Sun"), adding promise to the place.
Most Popular
Top Stories
