Drowning Mona
List Price:
Our Price: $1.98
You Save: $8.01 (80%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Bette Midler, Casey Affleck, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Neve CampbellBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
Published: 2000-07-01
DVD Release Date: 2000-07-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Drowning Mona
Movie Review: Pure fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Do not watch "Drowning Mona" if you're expecting something as deep as an Ingmar Bergman flick. On the other hand, if you enjoy outrageously black comedy, sit back, turn up the volume a little higher than usual to catch some of the very witty one-liners and enjoy.
Bette Midler is a nightmare come true. A small-town shrew whom everyone hates. Thus it takes only a few scenes to set up the cheering section as she gets into her son's car, roars off down the road, hits the brakes to slow for a turn . . . and plunges over a cliff when the brakes fail. Not only does no one care about Mona's fate, but one of Police Chief Danny DeVito's cops says to forget about it when DeVito suggests an investigation.
The probable suspect is none other than Affleck, who is to become DeVito's son-in-law within a matter of days.
The movie now becomes Agatha Christie on steroids or worse as DeVito tries to find out who sabotaged Midler's brakes. No one is unhappy that Midler is gone. Not her son, not her husband, not her husband's lover, the town eccentric or anyone else. Mona was not well liked. Of course, just about everyone is a suspect.
Sure, the plot has as much thickness as a shirtboard. But the writing is witty and bright and the acting by DeVito, Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Affleck and everyone else is top-notch.
Pure and simple, this is a fun movie, a black comedy that never takes itself seriously, but is well directed and well measured. As one movie studio used to say "that's entertainment" and "Drowning Mona" most definitely is entertaining.
Jerry
Summary of Drowning Mona
DROWNING MONA - DVD MovieSimilar DVD Movies
The 'BurbsUniversal Studios; Release date: 1999-05-04; DVD
Best price: $8.48
Price in other shops:
The RoseTCFHE; Release date: 2003-08-19; DVD
Best price: $4.06
Price in other shops:
Outrageous FortuneBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2000-03-14; DVD
Best price: $4.03
Price in other shops:
Throw Momma From the TrainSony; Release date: 2005-05-31; DVD
Best price: $5.52
Price in other shops:
Down and Out in Beverly HillsBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2002-08-13; DVD
Best price: $3.39
Price in other shops:
Big BusinessRelease date: 2011-05-10; Published: 2011; DVD
Best price: $2.01
Price in other shops:
Jinxed!TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2004-12-07; Published: 2004-12-01; DVD
Best price: $1.89
Price in other shops:
That Old FeelingMCA; Release date: 2008-04-28; Published: 2008-04-01; DVD
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops:
Ruthless PeopleBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2002-04-02; DVD
Best price: $3.18
Price in other shops:
Relative StrangersFirst Look Pictures; Release date: 2007-01-23; Published: 2007-01-01; DVD
Best price: $1.96
Price in other shops: