Mom and Dad ( 2017 film ) - Wikipedia Mom and Dad ( 2017 film ) Mom & Dad Theatrical release poster Directed by Brian Taylor Produced by Christopher Lemole Tim Zajaros Screenplay by Brian Taylor Starring Nicolas Cage Selma Blair Anne Winters Zackary Arthur Olivia Crocicchia Brionne Davis Samantha Lemole Lance Henriksen Music by Mr. Bill Cinematography Daniel Pearl Edited by Rose Corr Fernando Villena Production company Armory Films XYZ Films The Fyzz Facility Distributed by Momentum Pictures Release date September 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 09 ) ( TIFF ) January 19, 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 19 ) ( United States ) Running time 83 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $169,209 Mom & Dad is a 2017 American horror comedy film written and directed by Brian Taylor. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair. It premiered in the Midnight Madness section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on January 19, 2018, by Momentum Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Critical reception 5 References 6 External links Plot This section 's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( June 2018 ) The film begins with a mother putting on soothing music for her child as she sets her car on railroad tracks and leaves the child in the car to die. The Ryans are a family of four with a strained relationship. Brent, the father, does not approve of his daughter Carly 's new boyfriend ; Carly is angry with her father, as well as her mother, Kendall, whom she considers out of touch. Carly also fights with her much younger brother, Josh, who annoys her. Carly is forced to cancel plans with her boyfriend, Damon, for dinner with her visiting grandparents. As Carly is at school, an unexplained static starts transmitting through TV screens and radios. The effect is seen as the Ryans ' housekeeper murders her own daughter with a meat tenderizer in front of a terrified Josh and a mob of parents rushes Carly 's school in an effort to kill their children by any means they can. Carly sees one preteen, Evan, being coaxed by his mother to join her behind an iron gate only for her to stab him with a set of keys once he scales a fence. Carly escapes the school with her friend Riley and hides out at her house, where Riley 's mom attacks and strangles Riley to death. Carly runs home in terror, running into Damon -- who has killed his own father in self - defense -- as she does. Damon tells Carly that the parents only want to kill their own kids, and accompanies her home to get Josh somewhere safe. After an exercise class, Kendall goes to the hospital to be present for her sister Jeannie 's baby, but the static transmits just after Jeannie gives birth, causing her to attempt to kill her baby daughter as Kendall protects her niece. Kendall escapes the hospital, seeing reports of the mass hysteria on television -- the static gives parents a compulsion to slaughter their children. In an effort to protect her own children, Kendall heads home. Brent heads home as well, as he is bored at work. Having discovered her brother cowering under his bed Carly leads him downstairs after dismissing the house keeper because she had just killed her daughter, Lisa. Upon seeing Carly with Damon at home, the hysteria fully overtakes Brent, and he knocks Damon out and attacks Carly. Kendall joins him upon getting home ; Carly and Josh escape them and lock themselves in the basement. As Brent and Kendall start using a power saw to get through the lock, Josh pulls out Brent 's gun from a backpack and fires continuously through the door, wounding his mother. Kendall complains to her husband about secretly getting a firearm with such an obvious lock combination ( Josh 's birthday ) as he bandages her injury. Kendall and Brent bond over their shared desire to kill their children, and run a hose from their oven 's gas pump to the basement in an effort to poison the kids. When Carly sees the gas, she rigs up a trap with matches at the basement door and hides with Josh in the house ventilation system. Brent cuts the door 's lock off and opens the door, igniting the gas and triggering an explosion that knocks Kendall and Brent out and wakes Damon up. Damon helps Carly and Josh evade their parents, but Kendall wakes up, stabs him in the cheek with a wire hanger and pushes him over a stair railing, knocking him out again. The parents close in on the kids, but are interrupted by the doorbell ; Brent 's parents have arrived for dinner. When he opens the door, his mother pepper sprays him and his father stabs him, revealing that the hysteria affects grandparents as well, with Josh begging his grandfather not to hurt his dad, and he briefly stops, allowing Brent to temporarily disarm his father. Everyone chases each other through the house. Josh evades Brent, who attempts to hide from his father in his car in the garage. Kendall chases Carly outside and hits her on the head, but Brent 's mother attacks her. Brent starts the car, drives it out of the garage, and crashes it, killing both his parents and knocking himself out again. Kendall prepares to finish Carly off, but Damon knocks her out with a shovel to the head. Kendall and Brent wake up to find themselves restrained in the basement with Carly, Josh, and Damon watching them. They continue to exhibit symptoms of the hysteria, and the kids refuse to let them go. Kendall tearfully tells the children she loves them, and Brent continues, `` But sometimes, we just want to -- ''. The film ends before he can finish his sentence. Cast Nicolas Cage as Brent Ryan Selma Blair as Kendall Ryan Anne Winters as Carly Ryan Zackary Arthur as Josh Ryan Robert T. Cunningham as Damon Olivia Crocicchia as Riley Brionne Davis as Tanner Samantha Lemole as Jenna Lance Henriksen as Mel Ryan Grant Morrison as `` Expert '' ( cameo ) Bokeem Woodbine as `` Parent '' ( cameo ) Mehmet Oz as himself ( cameo ) Production On February 12, 2016, Nicolas Cage joined the cast of the film. On June 22, 2016, Selma Blair joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in July 2016, and took place in Louisville, Kentucky. Release The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2017. The film was released on January 19, 2018, by Momentum Pictures. Critical reception The film received positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75 % based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 6 / 10. The website 's critical consensus reads, `` Mom and Dad 's gonzo premise serves as an effective springboard for a wickedly dark, bloody comedy -- and an appropriately over-the - top performance from Nicolas Cage ''. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. References ^ Jump up to : Felperin, Leslie ( September 11, 2017 ). `` ' Mom & Dad ' : Film Review TIFF 2017 ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 24, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Mom and Dad ''. Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 26 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Mom and Dad ( 2018 ) ''. The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 29 January 2018. Jump up ^ Wilner, Norman ( August 1, 2017 ). `` TIFF 2017 's Midnight Madness, documentary slates are announced ''. Now. NOW Communications. Retrieved August 2, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Roxborough, Scott ( February 12, 2016 ). `` Berlin : Nicolas Cage Boards Horror Thriller ' Mom and Dad ' ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 4, 2017. ^ Jump up to : McNary, Dave ( June 22, 2016 ). `` Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair Starring in Thriller ' Mom and Dad ' ''. Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 4, 2017. Jump up ^ Kurwicki, Holden ( August 4, 2016 ). `` Stars, movie crews invade Louisville for ' Mom and Dad ' ''. WHAS - TV. Retrieved June 23, 2018. Jump up ^ Romano, Nick ( December 27, 2017 ). `` Mom and Dad trailer : Nic Cage, Selma Blair could just murder their kids ''. Entertainment Weekly. Time. Retrieved January 24, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Mom and Dad ( 2018 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` Mom and Dad Reviews ''. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 August 2018. External links Mom and Dad on IMDb Mom and Dad at Rotten Tomatoes Neveldine & Taylor Mark Neveldine Brian Taylor Films directed Crank ( 2006 ) Crank : High Voltage ( 2009 ) Gamer ( 2009 ) Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance ( 2011 ) Screenplays Crank ( 2006 ) Pathology ( 2008 ) Crank : High Voltage ( 2009 ) Gamer ( 2009 ) Jonah Hex ( 2010 ) Mark Neveldine The Vatican Tapes ( 2015 ) Urge ( producer only, 2016 ) Officer Downe ( producer only, 2016 ) Brian Taylor Mom & Dad ( 2017 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mom_and_Dad_(2017_film)&oldid=856822909 '' Categories : 2017 films English - language films 2010s comedy horror films 2017 horror films American comedy horror films American films American horror films American independent films Filicide in fiction Films shot in Kentucky Vertigo Films films Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from January 2018 Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from June 2018 All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Magyar 日本 語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 27 August 2018, at 19 : 02 ( UTC ). 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Question: when does the movie mom and dad come out
Answer: 2017