Film198788 min

Throw Momma From the Train

Name: Throw Momma From the Train
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1987
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey, Kate Mulgrew

Taste attributes: comedycrimethrillerdetectivevehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryimaginarylinearglossyemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evil

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"Owen asked his friend, Larry, for a small favor..."

Boxlist takeA heightened, low-key crime comedy, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

6.2 /10

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

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