The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

David S. Cass Sr.

Writers (WGA):

Lindsay Maracotta (book)
Bruce Franklin Singer (teleplay)

Release Date:

8 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

Who do you have to kill to get ahead in this town?

Plot:

Lucy Freers has a long-standing marriage, a nine-year old daughter, and a great family life in the suburbs of Hollywood...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Justine Bateman	...	Lucy Freers
Elizabeth Peña	...	Theresa Shoe
George Hamilton	...	Woody Prentice
Laura Johnson	...	Francine Palumbo
David Gail	...	Justin Caffrey (as David Gale)
Martin Kove	...	Sandy Palumbo
Stephanie Cameron	...	Mattie Ballard
Melora Hardin	...	Summer Rossner
Andrew McCarthy	...	Kit Freers
Holliston Coleman	...	Chloe Freers
Angie Everhart	...	Julia Prentice
Anne Ramsay	...	Valerie Jane Ramirez
Lauren Powers	...	Connie Kaminsky
David Henrie	...	Oliver Palumbo
Lincoln Lageson	...	Assistant Director

Also Known As:

The Dead Hollywood Moms Society (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Brazil:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Alpine Medien Productions

Enjoyable

This is a pleasant and enjoyable little film about a children's book author who gets involved in some Hollywood murders and decides to try to solve them. Sort of "Murder, She wrote" with a younger protagonist.

Justine Bateman (Mallory of yore) is very relaxed and does well as this amateur detective.

There are some plot loose ends that never get resolved(for instance, why doesn't her husband Andrew Macarthy call her when he is out of town and who is the mysterious neighbor etc.) but it doesn't matter that much.

The film ends in a way that might suggest that they hope to make more of these stories and I wouldn't mind seeing more of them.