Rating: 
Summary: The movie is hillarious... but be warned about the DVD
Review: This film is hillarious. Every part of it is so well written and superbly acted - especially by the fabulous Kathleen Turner.So the movie is great. The features are surprisingly high considering the fashion of vintage film's features on DVDs.... spanish subtitles and one film commerical. Though I couldnt find the director's commentary (and still cant) I found alot of features that you can only see once you've seen the film trailor/teaser. Now as for the problem that goes unaddressed and isnt really shouted out in Bold type face by amazon.... the DVD box is a carbboard board with a plastic clasp. Not only do these Warner Brother's style DVD boxes fail to fit in to a standard DVD rack or fit snuggly in your collection of other normal boxed DVDs, but the whole case doesnt work after repeated use over a short period of time. And this is the sort of film you'll be watching over and over again. In all... Love the film, hate the box. This is a HBO studios release and they've followed the trend of those horrible card and clasp cases.
Rating: 
Summary: Fashion has changed! NO IT HAS NOT!!!!!
Review: SERIAL MOM is John Waters at his delightfully darkest. Kathleen Turner plays a soccer mom who harbors secret psychopathic longings and begins acting them out in the most bizarre ways. Ever seen anyone killed with a turkey leg while singing a song from ANNIE? If you've seen SERIAL MOM you have! Wow! Kathleen does a great job, but also look for Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, and a before he was famous Matthew Lillard throwing in great support. Oh, and who can forget Suzanne Sommers? She's awesome too! Waters regular Mink Stole steals her pussy willow scene as well. This is a great one! The DVD contains a commentary with John Waters, and as usual his track is every bit as entertaining as the movie. There are featurettes with all the leads talking about making this farce! It's a great package. DVD presentation is striking - good picture and sound of one of John's highest budget features.
Rating:
Summary: Kathleen Turner at her best!
Review: Having watching this movie for the first 20-30 minutes (until the murders start to pile up) I was thinking - what a bore. The acting is fake and characters are so oversweetened it was repulsive. Then the Cathleen Turner started to do her magic and I could not believe my eyes how a day-soap-opera-made-for-TV vignette turns itself into a campy black (for the lack of even darker color) comedy. By the time the grand finale scene in the court came and went I was sitting on the edge of my seat, cheering for all of the characters and just wishing - please Kathleeen, one more time! And did she ever finish any other movie on a more killing note!
Brilliant comedy - especially worth watching by all those oh-I-am-so-right suburban moms and dads! If they don't see themselves in this difunctional family - please, somebody might just kill them!
Rating:
Summary: O my gawd!
Review: This is the wildest movie I've ever seen! Having missed it in the theaters, I saw it for the first time this week. I couldn't stop laughing. Waters is so twisted, and Kathleen Turner is like a stepford wife from hell. If we are really honest, we can see traces of the serial mom in ourselves. How many parents relate to Beverly running over the teacher or wacking the boy who treated her daughter like poo? I loved every minute; Barry Manilow, Chicks with Dicks, murder with meat...all of it. The cast is great, not a slow moment in this dark comedy!
Rating:
Summary: Once i explained to a friend of mine what "camp" means.
Review: If you have to ask, then i can give you a few references. For everone else, get this movie. And for God's sake, don't wear white after Labor Day.
Rating:
Summary: An Terrific John Waters Flick.
Review: Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) is married to a loving Husband (Sam Waterston) and having two teens of thier own (Ricki Lake & Matthew Lillard). The Sutphin Family seems to be sweet as Apple Pie but Beverly does have a Dark Personality, anyone who's goes a little upset about Her of Her family, she takes it seriously and then she starts murdering them. Written & Directed by John Waters (Cry-Baby, Hairspary, Pecker) made a wonderful, outragerous black comedy with a Knockout Performance by Turner. This wasn't a Hit in Theaters but this film has become a Cult Classic. This is One of Waters's Best films. There's a likeable supporting cast also. DVD's has an good non-anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1) transfer and an digitally remastered-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an Commentary Track by the Director, Behind the Scenes featurette, Interview with the Director & more. This little seen flick deserves more than it should nearly a decade ago. Hooray for John Waters. Grade:A.
Rating:
Summary: the best movie ever made.....
Review: This movie is my favorite. I'll tell you why. When Mrs. Sutphin makes those obscene phone calls to Dotty Finkle, I can be in a really bad mood, but those calls make me laugh. I enjoy all the characters...the husband, Scotty, her 2 kids, Scotty's parents (who were tearin' up that chicken!), that pervert in the bathroom, and that lady who used to be on Mr. Belvedere. This movie has everything in it: sex, laughs, comedy, murder...even when Mrs. Sutphin clubs that old lady with the leg of lamb while watching Annie! How many movies can come up with that type of comedy? YOU SO HAVE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE....Trust me, it's worth it.
Rating: 
Summary: Not as good as these reviews suggest
Review: Although it held together (sort of), I did not find many of the scenes in this movie funny. I could not understand all the rave reviews - basically, it's largely unfunny. This movie gives a feeling of tension throughout - I wondered while watching it if "Serial Mom" Kathleen Turner was actually playing the part of a gay man in a woman's body. Who else would care if someone wore white after Labor Day?
Rating:
Summary: The Razors of Oedipus
Review: Let's just get down to the 'real' meaning of said title: Oedipus! All the elements are prevalent; i.e., said masturbation of main character (Scotty), fascination with the Mother veil/title. Disregard of the Father's attention to the actual reality of the events that followed. Historically, Oedipus (if you didn't know) was shunned by "his" father figure, and forced internally to distort "his" view of familial life as that of a plaything; which Mrs. Sutphin shows us unequivocally. Symbolically the liver scene shall reveal the utter disdain of human life as seen by the "Mother" figure. This sordid tale has been told countless times in folklore and myth, however, is cemented here in a brilliantly subtle and comidic manner. If you've no knowledge/experience of the Oedipul instinx of humankind then this movie will not entertain you. If you are content to see beyond said complexes; then this triumphant film shall be a bookend in your library. Overview: Life can be good as a murderer if you have the perception of being on the side of the Greater good; and Life can be a purgatory if you are associated with a Loved one who maims. This film is not for the "Forrest Gump" crowd.
Rating: 
Summary: Life imitates art? Art imitates life?....hmmmm...
Review: To fully appreciate this movie, first one must totally destroy the myth that this film is "over the top." Over the top? You've got to be kidding me. Take a look around: We live in a day where psychotic soccer-moms are killing teenage girls (or, at least *contracting* to do so), so that their own daughter will win the high school cheerleading competition. Where slightly obese fathers are beating other fathers to death who, while acting as coach, make a call that upsets the "home team".....all while the fourth graders watch from the stands. Where mothers contract to hire a professional killer to murder the likely-winner of the home-town beauty competition so that her own homely daughter will take first place. Where mothers drown not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE of her children to "protect" them from the ever-sneaky Lucifer. Where fathers hold their children hostage at gun-point because their wives accidently taped over the husband's tape of "Footballs Greatest Bone-Breaks" with "The View." This is our world people. These are true stories, and one could fill pages upon pages by simply clicking on your local news. So ask yourself, how far off is this movie? Not far at all kiddies. That being said, let me say this: This movie is priceless Waters. Personally, I think it's his most clever, best directed, most well-written film he's ever done (with "Pecker" reigning at #2). The depravity with which Kathleen Turner portrays Mrs. Everymom, USA is just absolutely brilliant. It's perfect. If you're at all familiar with Waters (and chances are, if you're looking at this review, you are), definitely do not hesitate to get this DVD. It's funny from start to finish, and while definitely dark, hits extremely close to each of our homes. Waters realizes just how absurd our world is, and reminds us with this film. Get it and enjoy...
| 
