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Serial Mom (1994)

R   |    |  Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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A sweet mother finds herself participating in homicidal activities when she sees the occasion call for it.

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  • Matthew Lillard and Ricki Lake in Serial Mom (1994)

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1 nomination.

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4 August 2004 | pwgabachito
Love it!
This movie was offensive, vulgar, shocking, and yes, mean spirited. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that was John Waters is all about? Kathleen Turner and Sam Waterston do a wonderful job of overacting (badly) in classic Waters fashion. Liver on a fireplace poker? Turner as June Cleaver making obscene and threatening phone calls? Juror 8 (Patty Hearst) wearing white shoes after Labor Day? How can you not love it? This movie ranks up there with Citizen Ruth or Heathers as one of the best black comedies ever. And it also seems to have given some inspiration to Natural Born Killers, the finest of the genre. (Although not nearly as easy to stomach.)

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Trivia

Within months of finishing shooting, and prior to the film's release, the O.J. Simpson murder scandal became headline news.

Quotes

Eugene Sutphin: That's a nice dress you're wearing this morning, Misty.
Misty Sutphin: Thanks.

Goofs

In the first Sutphin family dinner scene, Beverly (Kathleen Turner) serves Misty (Ricki Lake) a piece of meatloaf. In a medium shot of Beverly, the piece of meatloaf is clearly the end or "heel" of the loaf, dark and rounded on one side. In the next shot, a medium shot of Misty, the piece of meatloaf is from the middle of the loaf, a lighter shade, large, and not rounded on one side.

Crazy Credits

No flies were injured or killed in the making of this motion picture.

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Tomorrow
Written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin
Courtesy of Edwin H. Morris & Company

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Details

Release Date:

13 April 1994

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

8611 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,040,450 17 April 1994

Gross USA:

$7,820,688

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,820,688

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