Die Mommie Die!
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Created as an ode to the Ross Hunter-style big-screen soaps of the '60s, Die Mommie Die! features theater veteran Charles Busch as the fallen pop diva, Angela Arden. When Sol, Angela's husband, discovers that she's having an affair with tennis pro, gigolo and failed actor Tony, Angela calculatedly offs him with a poisoned suppository, or does she? What follows is a hilarious mixture of who-done-its and double-crossings involving an ill-fated family maid, Angela and Sol's spoiled, vampy daughter and their boy-toy son.
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A lot of fun - Babs_Johnson
This movie doesn't have a serious bone in its body. It's a lot of fun and has some great lines. Jason Priestly is a really good sport and pulls off the deadpan Peter Lawford-type character perfectly. Of course Angela/Beverly Arden is the center of attraction and is wonderfully played by Charles Busch. Stark Sands is yummy. For all its silliness, I still shed a tear at the end. Great entertainment.waste of time - surfer
Charles Busch might be entertaining as a live drag act in a bar (if you're into that sort of thing) but his shtick doesn't sustain a feature film, at least not this one. The supporting cast and lame script don't offer much support either. I hope I never have to see the mealy-mouthed Natasha Lyonne on screen again. This was a waste of time.Mommie Dearest? - CW--
After Charles Busch's outrageous and hilarious play/film "Psycho Beach Party", I must say I was fully expecting to be blown away by the follow up. After all, the source material for this parody (those weepy "feminist" pictures of the 50's and 60's)is a far deeper well to draw from than the likes of "Beach Blanket Bingo" that inspired "Party." But the key to "Party"'s success was that he took a slight subject and made it over the top fun. Here an over the top beginning ends up being pretty slight. While Busch still knows how to deliver lines in perfect '50's cadence, the rest of the film falls prey to being a little too studied. Yes, every detail and costume is era specific and spot on, but rarely are those things played for comedy. And why relinquish Jason Priestley, who's va-va-voomish boy toy has the men and women on screen getting hot and bothered, to only a handful of scenes? This man should have been front and center for the whole ride, so intoxicating is his presence. All of this aside, the picture still captures your attention from beginning to end, and it is quite something to look at, but lost in that somewhere is the spark that could have ignited it to true hilarity.
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A lot of fun - Babs_Johnson
This movie doesn't have a serious bone in its body. It's a lot of fun and has some great lines. Jason Priestly is a really good sport and pulls off the deadpan Peter Lawford-type character perfectly. Of course Angela/Beverly Arden is the center of attraction ...waste of time - surfer
Charles Busch might be entertaining as a live drag act in a bar (if you're into that sort of thing) but his shtick doesn't sustain a feature film, at least not this one. The supporting cast and lame script don't offer much support either. I hope I never have ...Mommie Dearest? - CW--
After Charles Busch's outrageous and hilarious play/film "Psycho Beach Party", I must say I was fully expecting to be blown away by the follow up. After all, the source material for this parody (those weepy "feminist" pictures of the 50's and 60's)is a far ...