meaninglessbark Helicopter MomThe most annoying aspect of Helicopter Mom is that a decent story idea was squandered on a dull, slightly offensive movie.The wasted idea was showing a 17 year old guy trying to figure out his sexuality in a realistic and open way. In coming-of-age films the questioning kid is usually portrayed as secretive or troubled. It's rare to see a character be matter of fact and not bothered about his same sex attraction.But other than that unusual bit, Helicopter Mom is largely forgettable. It's not unwatchable, it's just difficult to recall afterwards. The main story is about a mother incredibly wrapped up in her son's life. Her focus on her son is played as humorous but there's nothing funny about it, the woman just comes across as obnoxious. The production is plain, very made-for-TV. The acting is adequate. The most memorable part of Helicopter Mom is a minor plot point featuring two young gay guys who are portrayed in such a cliché manner their presence is actually offensive.  The cartoon gay stereotypes seem weirdly out of place in a film that has the rare portrayal of a teen figuring out his sexuality in a realistic manner. But just one small scene with a bitchy, screaming queen gay character makes the one good aspect of Helicopter Mom, the realistic main teen character, seem like a complete accident.

AbrahamIPerlman I've always had a thing for coming of age teenage films and this one is now up there with my favorites! It's so cute and tender and touching and made me want to cry at times and laugh at others. It's so weird but Nia Vardalos reminds me so much of my own mum but in a good way - luckily my mum never put posters of me all around my high school! Jason Dolley sometimes annoyed me but was still nice to watch. Skyler Samuels was such a great choice for the queen bee of High School. She has such a beautiful way about her. I wish she was my friend. Please watch this film. It's so touching.

angeloumaya45322 The people giving this movie 1 star have no idea how hard it is to make a movie. They have no idea how much work, time and heart goes into making a movie, ESPECIALLY an independent film. 1 star means that the movie failed completely on every level and that is just indisputably wrong. This movie looks and sounds as good as a studio romcom. The performances are all solid and the story holds up.If we don't support independent movies we're only going to get boring, vanilla stories and comic book movies.I would challenge everyone who rated this movie 1 star to try to do better and then get their heads out of their .

adamsibryn1 I can honestly say I've never seen a movie like this. It takes all the recycled stereotypes like the blond cheerleader and rocker dead-beat dad and flips them on their head. The cheerleader is actually really cool and fed up with the in-crowd and the rocker dad really cares and is open and understanding. The movie made me want to know more about these characters and where their lives go after the movie ends.I also thought it was really interesting that the lead character is "undeclared," not gay, straight, or bi. He just doesn't know. It felt really honest and true. I feel sorry for people with mom's like Nia Vardalos' character. That would be so awkward and horrible!