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Parents (1989) -- In this bizarre and very black comedy set in 1950s suburbia, Michael Laemle comes to suspect that his conventional parents have a little secret which they have kept from him.

Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   1,505 votes
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Director:
Bob Balaban
Writer:
Christopher Hawthorne (writer)
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Release Date:
27 January 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
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Plot:
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia begins to wonder where his parents get their meat from... full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A truly astounding, horrifying movie more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Randy Quaid ... Nick Laemle
Mary Beth Hurt ... Lily Laemle
Sandy Dennis ... Millie Dew
Bryan Madorsky ... Michael Laemle
Juno Mills Cockell ... Sheila Zellner (as Juno Mills-Cockell)
Kathryn Grody ... Miss Baxter
Deborah Rush ... Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Graham Jarvis ... Mr. Zellner
Helen Carscallen ... Grandmother
Warren Van Evera ... Grandfather
Wayne Robson ... Lab Attendant
Uriel Byfield ... Little Boy
Mariah Balaban ... Little Girl
Larry Palef ... Announcer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Germany:16 | Canada:R | Canada:R (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #29224) | Australia:M | UK:18
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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The film's appropriately bizarre title for its Germany release was 'Daddy ist ein Kannibale', or 'Daddy is a Cannibal!' more
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References Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) more
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CONTINENTAL CUISINE more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
A truly astounding, horrifying movie, 30 November 1998
9/10
Author: (nhopkins@nmsu.edu) from Las Cruces, New Mexico

If asked which movie has been the most uncomfortable watch for me, it has to be this one. Bob Balaban has put together a film that encompasses all those dark feelings about our parents. With a beautiful performance from Randy Quaid as the strangest father in the world, it is from the dark place where all great black comedies come from. His dizzying combination of gruesome and mundane is incredibly well crafted, not falling into either one but dancing back and forth between them. I HIGHLY recommend this movie. Strange it comes from the man who played the chummy cartographer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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