Cher er et komisk talent, sensuel og enestående smuk som Loretta, en italiensk enke, der er "uheldig i kærlighed", men finder kærligheden, da månen over Manhattan pludselig blander sig. Få uger før hun skal giftes med en god ven, møder og forelsker Loretta sig håbløst i hans yngre bror (Nicolas Cage)! Hendes dilemma kombineret med en lidenskabelig og afsindigt excentrisk familie gør det her til en uforglemmelig film. Lad dig forføre af den lunefulde månes fantastiske energi i denne fortryllende romantiske komedie af instruktøren Norman Jewison (Only You og In the Heat of the Night) og den Oscar-vindende John Patrick Shanley. Oscar-vinderen Cher, Nicolas Cage og Olympia Dukakis overgår sig selv i denne hylende skægge historie, hvor du også kan opleve enestående skuespilpræstationer fra Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia og Frasier's John Mahoney.
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
En postmester fra Provence bliver forflyttet til Bergues i Nordfrankrig, hvor både folket og dialekten kaldes Chtis. Han ankommer iført dynejakke og en masse fordomme mod de indavlede, fordrukne og regnvåde nordboere. Han lærer dog hurtigt, at disse mennesker er både gavmilde og gæstfri.
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.
FBI har et godt øje til skurken Cody Jarret, der til sidst tilstår et mindre røveri for at give sig alibi i forbindelse med et større. Senere bryder Cody ud af fængslet sammen med cellekammeraten Hank, og de to samler Codys gamle bande for at planlægge et røveri mod en pengetransport. Men Hank viser sig ikke at være den forhærdede forbryder, han giver sig ud for.
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.
Alberto (Claudio Bisio), post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia (Angela Finocchiaro), is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...
Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago. But he is still strongly dominated by his 78 year old mother who cares for him as a child, and who cannot understand why he took an apartment on his own after all these years. The real "problem" starts when Paul gets to know psychologist Margarethe Tietze whose relationship to her parents is also not so easy after all.
A well-to-do, thirty-something shut-in faces city life, family secrets and his own quirks when he is finally thrown out by his parents.
Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly, Elling agrees. After all, a lady at her age needs a good man by her side. But what Elling refuses to realize is that Mom is not only old, but also sick. Very sick. On her last vacation she tries to get Elling to see that life is bigger than their living room.
Summer is the time to travel, enjoy life, and do or leave what you want. A motor home with two occupants makes its way south. But the two travelers do not travel voluntarily, and certainly not together.
Gregory Brewster is a serial killer, only problem is, he's agoraphobic! Facing an impending eviction from his family home, Gregory has a plan that will save him from being subjected to the one thing he's terrified of... the outside world. Things don't quite go to plan however, when a surprise visit from his new neighbor finds him in a very awkward situation.
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son.
Vishnu is a mama's boy, dependent on his widowed mother for everything. He falls in love with Keerthi the second he lays eyes on her. But what happens when his world is shaken apart? Can he cope and keep up with his love?
After his father dies amidst rumors that he was an oil swindler, Matthew Denton goes to Texas to discover the truth. But he has been spoiled by his mother and he has a hard time adjusting to his rough surroundings.