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DVD Review: Serial Mom (Collector’s Edition)

starring: kathleen turner, sam waterston, ricki lake, matthew lillarddirector: john watersdvd release friend: may 6, 2008running nevertheless: 94 minmpaa rating: rdistributor: universal studios”wow, i haven’t seen that movie in years.”yeah, that’s what i said too. i call to mind seeing and liking it when it came entirely but hadn’t thought about serial mom in years until i was set the opportunity to review the newly released collector’s print run.in case you don’t remember the story. beverly sutphin (kathleen turner) is a suburban housewife who seems to have the entirety. her house is usually neat, she makes a killer meatloaf and she loves her family at a high; her obliviously nerdy husband eugene (sam waterston), their constantly lovesick daughter, misty (ricki lake) and their horror-film loving son, chip (matthew lillard). together they are the portrait of the put all-american line except for the distressing little detail that behind closed doors beverly is a raging sociopath who dispatches her victims with barely reason.of course to her, she has all the reason in the world. her reasons range from off-handed threats, perceived or otherwise, to members of her lineage to poor social habits such as not recycling and wearing white shoes after labor day. the relevance of her reasoning is unimportant because beverly doesn’t seem to exist on the same plane of community conscience as everyone else in the known world. her motivations are also ingeniously left uncovered. we be subjected to no idea what makes her tick other than to make one think that when things don’t go her way she simply eliminates the trial. in the movie there is no evidence that she is normal until something makes her snap. i imagine that beverly has been fatiguing for some time and the movie is just a twinkle at the timeframe in every serial killer’s career’ where they either capture lazy or wish for to get caught. if that is the case, i don’t think she wants to get caught for the profit of stopping her zealous behavior more than i think she actually wants to be applauded for doing the world a service.this is the kind of story that fits perfectly in the john waters canon. serial mom continues his approach to mainstream after the campy films of his untimely career. like all of the films waters has made, despite the topic discussed in the movie it really is funny. the set off between beverly’s outward persona and the inner demons she tries less and less to hide make the movie more than a one-note travesty. the same way that the idea of put out of one’s misery isn’t traditionally a profoundly droll keynote, waters creates this world of such overblown surrealism that it fits all too tidily. contrary to the films report otherwise, this was not based on a true tidings, at least not that i am aware of.until this week i had not seen the film since it came distant and one thing really struck me as curious. fifteen years after the covering was made, it actually has more insight than it did in 1993. it transformed from a dull-witted comedic satire to a commentary of our current society’s fascination with celebrity and our media’s ignorant willingness to make anyone with a story famous. you have to keep in read someone the riot act that o.j., robert blake and columbine all came after this movie was made. had this movie been made today it would be meritorious but with a whole alone have a. as it stands john waters is either a faculty or just got in actuality advantageous this over and over again.or maybe both.and there’s the pal.*** out of ****dvd special features:- feature commentary with john waters and kathleen turner- piece commentary with john waters- serial mom: surreal moments a mini documentary on the making of serial mom with waters and stars of the film reminiscing approximately the films creation.- the kings of gore: herschell gordon lewis and david friedman a tribute.- the making of serial mom an nonconformist promotional featurette.

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