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Information
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 95 min.
- Director
- John Waters
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy, Thriller
- Rating *
- 6.7
- Votes *
- 20,569
- Checks
- 2,610
- Favs
- 153
- Dislikes
- 25
- Favs/checks
- 5.9% (1:17)
- Favs/dislikes
- 6:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Serial Mom is a wonderful black comedy from John Waters, and starring Kathleen Turner as a perfect housewife who turns to murder for the silliest of reasons. Sweetness only takes her so far though, and eventually, the cops are on her tail, and the film does sag towards the end with its courtroom scenes, but only because the front half is so much fun. I mean, we've all had dark thoughts based on random irritations, but only Serial Mom acts on them. It's the contrast between attitude and deed that makes it work so well, and having the film play out as a police procedural/biopic of sorts allows for the uneven structure. In this "true story", the names have been changed to protect the innocent, and one of my favorite jokes is that the Mom's family are the Sutphins, which always sounds like the Somethings. A rollicking good time about the pettiness of Suburbia you might not be able to deny contains some wish fulfillment. 6 years 11 months ago -
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Cynicus Rex
No pretensions, no gimmicks, no redundancy; this movie achieves exactly what it was aiming for. 4 years 7 months ago
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