Drowning Mona
IMDB Rating: 5.30, 5460 votes
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Taglines
- 1 murder. 460 prime suspects. Not so much of a 'who done it' as a 'who didn't'.
- The death of Mona Dearly wasn't so much a whodunnit, as a who didn't.
- Who wanted to see Mona Dearly dead? Take a number.
Storyline
When Mona's key won't fit in her Yugo, she tries it in her son's; when it works, she borrows his car. The brakes fail; she goes through the guard rail, into the river, and drowns. When police chief Rash learns that the brake lines were cut, he looks for a murderer. Suspect one: Mona's dim son Jeff, whom she constantly denigrated. Suspect two: her husband Phil, whom she constantly belittled and who's having an affair with Rona, a waitress with a secret of her own. Suspect three: Jeff's landscape partner Bobby, who wants Jeff out, has yelled at Mona that he'd like to rip out her ovaries, and who is soon to be Rash's son-in-law. Can Rash find the killer and keep Bobby out of jail?
Actors
| Chief Wyatt Rash | Danny DeVito |
| Mona Dearly | Bette Midler |
| Ellen Rash | Neve Campbell |
| Rona Mace | Jamie Lee Curtis |
| Bobby Calzone | Casey Affleck |
| Phil Dearly | William Fichtner |
| Jeff Dearly | Marcus Thomas |
| Lt. Feege Gruber | Peter Dobson |
| Lucinda | Kathleen Wilhoite |
| Clarence | Tracey Walter |
| Cubby the Funeral Director | Will Ferrell |
| Deputy Tony Carlucci | Paul Ben-Victor |
| Deputy Jimmy D. | Paul Schulze |
| Murph Calzone | Mark Pellegrino |
| Father Tom Stowick | Raymond O'Connor |
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Posted in: 2000, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Tagged: black comedy, character name in title, dark humor, drowning, dysfunctional, flashback sequence, humor, independent film, lesbian, remake, small town, yugo