Throw Momma From the Train

Throw Momma From the Train

Throw Momma From the Train
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Actor: Andre Rosey Brown, Danny DeVito, Olivia Brown, Peter Brocco, Raye Birk
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld
Composer: David Newman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Movie Reviews of Throw Momma From the Train

Movie Review: Mamma don't want you ... and the feeling's mutual.
Summary: 4 Stars

This dark comedy verges on farce at times, which actually works for it. It's a sort of send up of Hitchcock movies and the like -- particularly "Strangers on a Train" which is featured in the movie in a crucial role. And there are plenty of madcap antics and character moments.

Crystal's Larry Donner is constantly both funny and depressed and DeVito's Owen Lift is endearingly simplistic and desperate for approval. Since he doesn't get it from his mother -- the deliciously acerbic Anne Ramsey -- he latches onto his creative writing teacher, Larry, and proves that he would go to great lengths for him.

It is far from perfect, but there are enough moments of greatness that this ends up rising up above the darker tones of the underlying story.

Perfect fare for a Friday the 13th party if you want something semi-dark but still funny.

Summary of Throw Momma From the Train

Get ready for a runaway comedy that's right on track! "Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal are hilarious[and] Anne Ramsey is hysterically frightful" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this "wickedly screwball" (Playboy) laugh riot that won a Golden Globe?(r) nomination* for DeVito and anOscar?(r) nomination** for Ramsey. With Rob Reiner and Oprah Winfrey on board for cameos, this fast-track comedy "will certainly make you laugh" (Newsweek)! Writing teacher Larry Donner (Crystal) and his student Owen Lift (DeVito) have a lot in common: the women in their lives are driving them mad! Larry's ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew) stole his novel and made it her own bestseller, and Owen's mother (Ramsey) is a monster! But Owen has a plan to kill both problems literally! He'll murder Margaret while Larry sends Momma to her maker! But when Owen fulfills his end of the deal before telling his teacher, Larry's left with no alibi and an outrageous obligation to knock off the nastiest old lady he's ever met! *1987: Actor **1987: Supporting Actress

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