The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
1h 39m | PG-13
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Studio: HBO Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Video: 720p
Cast
Holly Hunter
as Wanda Holloway
Beau Bridges
as Terry Harper
Swoosie Kurtz
as Marla Harper
Elizabeth Ruscio
as Verna Heath
Gregg Henry
as Tony Harper
Matt Frewer
as Troy McKinney
Reviews
Again, like so many others I caught this on HBO when I was a kid. The difference is that this time it is NOT a bad horror movie, but an HBO original movie from back in the day when they were making some pretty stellar original movies. "Darkly hysterical" would be the best way to describe it, especially since a lot of the humor comes from the fact that it all seems very...wholesome. It does an excellent job of plotting a murder with a very wholesome and Leave it to beaver/Donna Reed Show feel to it and, it just works.