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Die Mommie Die!

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Die Mommie Die! (2003)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:5

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.2/10

Consensus: This stagy production has enough funny moments to work.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is a former cabaret singer whose career has long since hit the skids and crashed to an abrupt halt. Her marriage to producer Sol Sussman (Philip Baker Hall) is rapidly... Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is a former cabaret singer whose career has long since hit the skids and crashed to an abrupt halt. Her marriage to producer Sol Sussman (Philip Baker Hall) is rapidly heading the way of her career, but with Sol unwilling to agree to a divorce Angela gets busy with a bottle of arsenic and terminates the marriage in a less-than-legal manner. Now free to carry on her illicit affair with hot young stud Tony (Jason Priestley), Angela first has to deal with a suspicious daughter, Edith (Natasha Lyonne), and equally suspicious family maid Bootsie (Frances Conroy). Son Lance (Stark Sands) also plays a crucial role, especially when it turns out that both he and Edith are also bedding Tony. First-time director Mark Rucker has successfully created a camp classic by working closely with his talented star and screenwriter Busch, who gloriously hams it up for the cameras throughout, delivering a constant barrage of pithy one-liners. Priestley, Lyonne, and Sands provide deliciously silly support throughout, culminating in a movie that resembles a version of FAR FROM HEAVEN produced by trashy cult director John Waters. [More]

Starring: Charles Busch, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Priestley

Starring: Charles Busch, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Priestley, Natasha Lyonne, Stark Sands

Director: Mark Rucker

Director: Mark Rucker
Screenwriter: Charles Busch
Producer: Dante DiLoreto, Anthony Edwards, Bill Kenwright
Composer: Dennis McCarthy
Studio: Sundance Film Series

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There's a fine line between classic camp and trying too hard, and Die Mommie Die! tightrope-walks its way across that line very precariously.

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