Picture Far From Heaven done as a farce with a drag queen in the Julianne Moore role. Or don't picture it -- Die is still hotly hilarious.
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11/04/03
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Die Mommie Die! (2003)
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Reviews Counted:57
Fresh:38
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: This stagy production has enough funny moments to work.
Theatrical Release:Oct 31, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is a former cabaret singer whose career has long since hit the skids and crashed to an abrupt halt. Her marriage to producer Sol Sussman (Philip Baker Hall) is rapidly... [More]
Starring: Charles Busch, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Priestley
Director: Mark Rucker
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Reviews for Die Mommie Die!
Top CriticThe best thing about "Die, Mommie Die" is the title.
11/04/03
Director Mark Rucker has the right intentions, but unfortunately, not enough skill in terms of comic timing and film pacing to make this confection really soar into parody heaven.
11/03/03
A one-note farce that struggles just to remain on key.
11/03/03
Bad camp...despite the stylistic similarity, about as far from 'Far from Heaven' as you can get.
11/03/03
Charles Busch channels Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lana Turner and Susan Hayward in the lovingly crafted “Die Mommie! Die!” – this you HAVE to see!
11/03/03
[Busch] is a performer who is more diva than most of the ovary-packing portion of the population and twice the dame
11/01/03
The most notable aspect of “Die, Mommie, Die” is the great female impersonation performance by Charles Busch as the ardent Angela.
11/01/03
like "Far From Heaven" as imagined by John Waters
11/01/03
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11/01/03
All this probably worked much better as a stage production.
10/31/03
Top CriticIn the midst of all the double-entendres and genre sendups, Busch disappears so completely into Angela's persona that viewers may quickly forget it's a man inside that red wig and those extravagant gowns.
10/31/03
The reason to watch Die Mommie Die! isn't for its story, but the zing in its actors' eyes.
10/31/03
Die Mommie Die! winds up neither hilarious nor a credible spoof of a genre intent on spoofing itself.
10/31/03
Top CriticA wickedly funny parody.
10/31/03
Occasionally stagy and flat, Die is worth seeing for Busch's grand performance.
10/31/03
A brilliantly pitch-perfect sendup of a particular type of cheesy movie.
10/31/03
Top CriticNobody wears a frock like Charles Busch and, as it happens, nobody writes like him either. Which makes for a strangely irresistible combination.
10/31/03
With smart humor and a comfy sense of camp (thanks particularly to Busch's leggy performance), director Mark Rucker keeps the high heels kicking and the references flying.
10/31/03
What could have been a one-gag movie turns out to be one of the funniest comedies John Waters never made.
10/31/03
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