Soapy and trashy, and more than a little bit ludicrous. But there's quite a bit of subtext if you need it.
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03/16/04
Die Mommie Die! (2003)
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Reviews Counted:57
Fresh:38
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.1/10
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... [More]
Starring: Charles Busch, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Priestley
Director: Mark Rucker
Reviews for Die Mommie Die!
With smart humor and a comfy sense of camp (thanks particularly to Busch's leggy performance), director Mark Rucker keeps the high heels kicking and the references flying.
10/31/03
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11/01/03
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12/05/03
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12/19/03
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07/21/05
Busch can transcend even the smog, making hazy camp seem fresh.
10/28/03
Busch muffles his drag performance, suffocating the humor, and the cleverness of the plot is given too much responsibility, as if the filmmakers were actually expecting this movie to be appreciated as a thriller.
10/30/03
[Busch] is a performer who is more diva than most of the ovary-packing portion of the population and twice the dame
11/01/03
In the midst of all the double-entendres and genre sendups, Busch disappears so completely into Angela's persona that viewers may quickly forget it's a man inside that red wig and those extravagant gowns.
10/31/03
The film's greatest asset is Busch himself in a performance so finely tuned that ultimately one almost forgets he's not the glamorous woman with the ritzy wardrobe that he's portraying -- except for the fact that that's the funniest part.
04/27/03
An expertly crafted, loving homage to women's movies of the 1940s and '50s.
10/30/03
For the select audience that likes The Rocky Horror Picture Show and just wishes that it had more of a family story and less singing.
10/31/03
A loving homage to every movie Joan Crawford ever barreled her shoulder pads through.
11/28/03
First-time director Mark Rucker has a nice feel for period detailing but fails to build on his star's rare flashes of high energy.
10/30/03
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11/16/03
Charles Busch channels Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lana Turner and Susan Hayward in the lovingly crafted “Die Mommie! Die!” – this you HAVE to see!
11/03/03
Director Mark Rucker has the right intentions, but unfortunately, not enough skill in terms of comic timing and film pacing to make this confection really soar into parody heaven.
11/03/03
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02/12/09
Top CriticThis drag queen camp farce was an unfunny drag.
07/06/09
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