Review of Serial Mom (1994) by Nathaniel K — 13 Aug 2009

**Disclaimer**.

Serial Mom does not in any way reflect the ideas, hopes and dreams of Nate Kitchens, Nate Kitchens does not want to become a serial mom, nor does his mother.

What can you say about John Water's movies post-Divine. They're different, and it's really hard to compare them. All you can say is that John Waters kicks ass, and does it well. Serial Mom is by far one of his better ones, placing on my list just underneath my all-time favorite, Cecil B. Demented and my former #2 Polyester for one reason and one reason only, and his name is Sam Waterston. No wait, that was a typo, Kathleen Turner. Mrs. Turner plays her part so well that you'd swear she was a mentally disturbed serial killer, and her little similarities to Mrs. Cleaver and other "perfect" mothers is just amazing. Now the comedy, oh the comedy. Just know that if you're looking for Kathleen Turner to slaughter a dog and feast on it's intestines, well she's not Divine sadly. You don't get hardly any gross out humor in this movie, minus a few clips, what you do get is a satire, a very funny, laugh-out-loud satire (and I don't call a movie laugh-out-loud at all) for example, there is one scene in Serial Mom which is perhaps the funniest scene in a movie to date. The scene I'm referring to *spoiler warning* is the Annie the Musical Killing. Never has something been more hilarious as an idea, let alone a scene than beating an old woman with a turkey leg while Annie sings "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll love ya, tomorrow".

I would go as far to say this movie is a must-see for anyone even thinking about going into comedy writing, just for how much it strays from the traditional formula but never leaves you hanging. It keeps you entertained through the entire movie, and that's what's important.