Serial Mom

4/13/19941h 34m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Every mom wants to be wanted, but not for murder! ~

Overview:

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

Director:

John Waters

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$13,000,000.00

Revenue:

$7,820,688.00

Key words:

court
harassment
baltimore, usa
dark comedy
housewife
satire
protection
motherly love
hit-and-run
evil mother
suburbia
murder
serial killer
infamy
perfectionist
perfection
obscene telephone call
protective mother

Cast

Kathleen Turner

~ as ~

Beverly Sutphin

Sam Waterston

~ as ~

Eugene Sutphin

Ricki Lake

~ as ~

Misty Sutphin

Matthew Lillard

~ as ~

Chip Sutphin

Scott Morgan

~ as ~

Detective Pike

Walt MacPherson

~ as ~

Detective Gracey

Justin Whalin

~ as ~

Scotty

Patricia Dunnock

~ as ~

Birdie

Lonnie Horsey

~ as ~

Carl

Mink Stole

~ as ~

Dottie Hinkle

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Reviews (1)

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kevin2019
Written 9 month(s) ago
8
"Serial Mom" - which, by the way, is not for the faint hearted - is a wonderfully inappropriate guilty pleasure packed with lots of macabre fun and its wholesome depiction of life in American suburbia resembles David Lynch's contentious "Blue Velvet" (1986), but like most things in this life everything just looks too good to be true and that is simply because it is. The nicest neighbours can have the darkest secrets of all and the most hospitable and unassuming people can also be the most abominable monsters. Beverly Sutphin is a case in point. She is a charming and delightful house wife, mother, and ruthless serial killer in John Waters's controversial and outrageous satirical black comedy which affords him the ideal opportunity to present a range of biting and astutely observed insights into contemporary America and the ceaseless media frenzy surrounding the absolutely ridiculous and completely irresponsible cult of celebrity.