Directed by: Danny DeVito
Starring: Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey
So what's it like:
This is an interesting film, part comedy part thriller with a large smattering of Hitchcock thrown in for good measure. The style of this film comes straight out of the Hitchcock school of film making in fact to a certain degree it's a film studies lecturers playground. There are moments of suspense, moments of drama and above all else plenty of black humor. There are several things that draw me into this film but the main thing is the fact that the main character is a writer. I can fully understand the eternal struggle of writing that all important opening line and Crystal captures the frustration perfectly. He also captures the moments of boredom when he sticks selotape to his face. The comical exchanges between DeVito and Crystal are fun to watch as Owen tries to persuade Larry that it is in his best interests to kill his "Momma". Speaking of Momma, Anne Ramsey played that part perfectly. That character was not to be messed with. As Larry pointed out in the film, "she's not a woman, she's the Terminator."
Interesting fact: Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Men in Black and the Adams Family) was the films director of photography.
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