Of all the satirical attacks on white bread suburban life with stay-at-home moms and white picket fences, this is one of the best I've seen. Serial Mom is hilarious. Kathleen Turner kills it as Beverly Sutphin, a middle aged housewife who has a penchant for premeditated murder. When she's not recycling, going to church, or putting on the appearance of the perfect wife and mother, she's killing. If you think about it, a well-known and beloved housewife is the perfect cover. She would be the last suspected--except in this movie where she was one of the first suspected. But Beverly didn't kill because she loved killing, no she loved order and she loved her family. So, if she had to protect her daughter Misty (Ricki Lake), her son Chip (Matthew Lillard) or her husband (Sam Waterston), then she was on the prowl and nothing would stop her.
Review of Serial Mom
