Momma's Man

Director: Azazel Jacobs

2008 / 94min / 35mm

Jacobs’s own parents, legendary avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife and frequent collaborator Flo, play the parents of thirtysomething Mikey (Matt Boren), who, at the end of a visit with his folks and in the throes of some manner of mental health crisis, abruptly decides to extend his stay with them indefinitely—much to the pique of his wife in California, who’s left to care for their colicky baby herself. Set largely in the Tribeca apartment where Jacobs was raised, the poignant comedy of anxieties Momma’s Man is “a touchingly true film about the agonies of navigating that slippery slope called adulthood.” [Manohla Dargis, The New York Times] Jacobs’s own parents, legendary avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife and frequent collaborator Flo, play the parents of thirtysomething Mikey (Matt Boren), who, at the end of a visit with his folks and in the throes of some manner of mental health crisis, abruptly decides to extend his stay with them indefinitely—much to the pique of his wife in California, who’s left to care for their colicky baby herself. Set largely in the Tribeca apartment where Jacobs was raised, the poignant comedy of anxieties Momma’s Man is “a touchingly true film about the agonies of navigating that slippery slope called adulthood.” [Manohla Dargis, The New York Times]

Introduction and Q&A with director Azazel Jacobs and actor Matt Boren on Friday, October 25th