The premise for the movie had potential, but it was ruined by overkill.
There's not too much originality in exploring the antics of an intrusive, micro-managing mother and her long-suffering off-spring, but to be effectively done, some subtlety and realistic reactions need to be present.
In this film, the mother goes beyond meddling and goes well into the realm of obnoxious smothering and the character's efforts to appear to be a free spirit dedicated to protecting her son engenders no sympathy for supposedly well-meaning intentions.
Even more difficult to believe is that her son bears all of this with amazing equanimity rather than resorting to suicide and/or matricide and that the other students at his school seem to barely notice the mother's constant manipulative presence.
There are a few worthwhile scenes where the son attempts to resolve his confused take on his own sexual orientation with his long absent father ... despite the fact that his mother has outed him as gay to everyone because it suits her plans to finance his college education, but for the most part the film is more excruciatingly annoying & cringe-worthy than humorous or moving.
There's not too much originality in exploring the antics of an intrusive, micro-managing mother and her long-suffering off-spring, but to be effectively done, some subtlety and realistic reactions need to be present.
In this film, the mother goes beyond meddling and goes well into the realm of obnoxious smothering and the character's efforts to appear to be a free spirit dedicated to protecting her son engenders no sympathy for supposedly well-meaning intentions.
Even more difficult to believe is that her son bears all of this with amazing equanimity rather than resorting to suicide and/or matricide and that the other students at his school seem to barely notice the mother's constant manipulative presence.
There are a few worthwhile scenes where the son attempts to resolve his confused take on his own sexual orientation with his long absent father ... despite the fact that his mother has outed him as gay to everyone because it suits her plans to finance his college education, but for the most part the film is more excruciatingly annoying & cringe-worthy than humorous or moving.