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13 April 1994 (USA) moreTagline:
She's a fabulous, loving, caring mother, who er... ...happens to be a serial killer! morePlot:
A sweet mother takes a little too much at heart for the defence of her family. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(10 articles)
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A kitschy classic moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kathleen Turner | ... | Beverly R. Sutphin | |
| Sam Waterston | ... | Eugene Sutphin, D.D.S. | |
| Ricki Lake | ... | Misty Sutphin | |
| Matthew Lillard | ... | Chip Sutphin | |
| Scott Morgan | ... | Detective Pike (as Scott Wesley Morgan) | |
| Walt MacPherson | ... | Detective Gracey | |
| Justin Whalin | ... | Scotty Barnhill | |
| Patricia Dunnock | ... | Birdie | |
| Lonnie Horsey | ... | Carl Pageant | |
| Mink Stole | ... | Dottie Hinkle | |
| Mary Jo Catlett | ... | Rosemary Ackerman | |
| John Badila | ... | Paul Stubbins | |
| Kathy Fannon | ... | Betty Sterner | |
| Doug Roberts | ... | Ralph Sterner | |
| Traci Lords | ... | Carl's Date |
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Rated R for satirical presentation of strong violence, vulgar language, and sexual episodes.Parents Guide:
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95 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Israel:18 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Director Trademark: ['John Waters'] [manson]A portrait of Charles Manson is among Beverly's secret stash of killer worship material. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Serial Mom is in the beige van chasing Scotty in the red LeMans, the LeMans' hood is ajar during one shot in the middle of the chase, and shut the rest of the chase. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Eugene Sutphin: That's a nice dress you're wearing this morning, Misty.
Misty Sutphin: Thanks.
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An uproariously witty satire on "petty" bourgeois American values, John Waters brings his own distinctive madness to the screen by focussing on cardboard cut-out caricatures of pop culture Americana.
Turning his outrageous gaze on an archetypally perfect housewife and mother from the Baltimore suburbs in Maryland, supportive to her loving husband and teenage kids and possessing a real tlent for cooking, it appears that she is everything a stable, hard-working business man could want. However, there is a slight catch. She is also a serial killer.
Mom's tendency to take bloody revenge on any poor neighbouring housewife who fails to observe her rigid socially acceptable guidelines, like not recycling rubbish or driving too fast, is so barmy you are sure to find it absurdly and darkly funny. Kathleen Turner, alternating between dizzy, unquestioning devotion to her family and clinically cool, yet psychotic anger to offending neighbours, either appears to possess a martyr's yellow halo above her head, denoting divine lightness and freshness, or a focussed smile as she carefully contemplates her next victim.
If you are on the lookout for some perfectly vibrant, yet malicious black comedy, subscribe to "Serial Mom", one of the most ruthless, patronising skits on good manners and nosey, voyeuristic neighbours ever to hit the screen. If you like Waters' latest irreverent venture into visceral, cutting black humour, then get all his other movies, because they are all even more extreme and grotesque - "Pink Flamingos", "Hairspray", "Cry Baby" - all kitschy, underrated classics in their own right.