Serial Mom (1994)
1h 34m | PG-13
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.
Director: John Waters
Studio: Polar Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Video: 720p
Cast
Kathleen Turner
as Beverly Sutphin
Sam Waterston
as Eugene Sutphin
Ricki Lake
as Misty Sutphin
Matthew Lillard
as Chip Sutphin
Scott Morgan
as Detective Pike
Walt MacPherson
as Detective Gracey
Reviews
"Serial Mom" - which, by the way, is not for the faint hearted - is a wonderfully inappropriate guilty pleasure packed with lots of macabre fun and its wholesome depiction of life in American suburbia resembles David Lynch's contentious "Blue Velvet" (1986), but like most things in this life everything just looks too good to be true and that is simply because it is. The nicest neighbours can have the darkest secrets of all and the most hospitable and unassuming people can also be the most abominable monsters. Beverly Sutphin is a case in point. She is a charming and delightful house wife, mother, and ruthless serial killer in John Waters's controversial and outrageous satirical black comedy which affords him the ideal opportunity to present a range of biting and astutely observed insights into contemporary America and the ceaseless media frenzy surrounding the absolutely ridiculous and completely irresponsible cult of celebrity.