Trading Mom

1994
PG
1h 22m

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5.4/10

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Sissy Spacek, Anna Chlumsky, Aaron Michael Metchik, and Asher Metchik in Trading Mom (1994)

Three children have had it with their mother, and magically make her disappear. The kids then head out to the "Mommy Market" for a replacement mom.

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Three children have had it with their mother, and magically make her disappear. They then head out to the "Mommy Market" for a replacement mother.Three children have had it with their mother, and magically make her disappear. They then head out to the "Mommy Market" for a replacement mother.Three children have had it with their mother, and magically make her disappear. They then head out to the "Mommy Market" for a replacement mother.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

2.3K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Final film of André René Roussimoff, who died a year before this movie's U.S. release.

Goofs
It is never explained why Mrs. Cavour, who employs the Martin siblings (and who is far more sensitive toward the kids than their actual mother is), can't simply take them in herself...so they won't be split up forever by Mrs. Richardson, the social worker.

Quotes
Elizabeth: ...You say the Mommy Market has been here since 1742?
Edward: That's the year it was established. It hasn't always been the way it is now. It used to be called the Parental Exchange, Female Division.
Harry Martin: Is there a Male Division - like, a Daddy Market we can go to?
Edward: You can go there instead. But nobody can go to both. That's always been disastrous.

Crazy credits
The closing credits begin with showing Sissy Spacek playing the mom and the three other moms before the credits roll.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Maverick/Trading Mom/The Return of Jafar/Widows' Peak/Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

Soundtracks
I Got You (I Feel Good)
Written and Performed by James Brown
Courtesy of Polygram Special Markets

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A change from the usual family movies.

Trading Mom (The Mummy Market.) is a really cute family movie, which stars Sissy Spacek as a mum, wished away by her kids. One of the kids being Anna Chlumsky, who with her brothers go in search for a new mum at "The Mummy Market". After, they try out some new mums they realise they want their old and real mum back. And, of course they get her back. Sissy Spacek and Anna Chlumsky both give good performances here. I think this is a really light-weight, great movie, especially for young kids/teens. I really enjoyed this, especially when I was younger.