Dir. John Waters · Starring Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Scott Morgan, Walt MacPherson · Music Basil Poledouris
“Every mom wants to be wanted, but not for murder!”
ComedyCrime
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.
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This film feels like a brightly colored, suburban fever dream where domestic bliss meets homicidal rage. It's a wickedly funny, transgressive satire that revels in its outrageousness, offering a campy, darkly humorous take on perfection and the American dream.