Serial Mom
An outwardly perfect suburban housewife leads a secret life as a psychopathic killer. When the woman's crimes, all committed to uphold her vision of family values, are revealed, the housewife becomes a media sensation, winning the hearts of millions.
5 August 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 September 1974, San Francisco, California, USA
16 November 1953, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
12 September 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
12 April 1945, USA
May 06, 2008
A loose remake of Female Trouble with Polyester's subversively accessible polish, Serial Mom is the strongest film of the post-midnight-movie chapter of John Waters's career.
December 01, 2006
One of Waters' tamest and most accessible pictures (even played at Cannes Fest!) and one of the few to feature a legit star like Katheleen Thurner, who gives a gusto performance.
April 12, 2002
The murders are multiple but the joke is strictly one-note.
January 01, 2000
Too realistically gory to really be funny.
June 24, 2006
An uproariously funny, marvellously malicious performance from Turner.
January 01, 2000
Offensively tame and almost (gasp) tasteful.
May 12, 2001
A killingly funny spoof of crime and nonpunishment.
September 23, 2007
The film may be a bad-boy satirist's mournful acceptance that America has finally become sicker than anything he could dream up.
May 08, 2008
Rather mild and scattershot in its satiric marksmanship...
May 26, 2006
Kathleen Turner should win an Oscar for her demented Mom role...
