So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 15
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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 5
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Comic actor and former Saturday Night Live stock player Mike Myers attempted to transform himself from the goofy title character in Wayne's World (1992) (and its sequel) into a romantic leading man with this box office disappointment. Myers stars as Charlie Mackenzie, a San Francisco poet who meets the girl of his dreams, Harriet Michaels (Nancy Travis) when he stops to pick up some haggis for his parents at Meats of the World, a butcher shop where Harriet works. Although he's been neurotically
Jul 30, 1993 Wide
Jun 1, 1999
TriStar Pictures
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Cast
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Mike Myers
Charlie Mackenzie, Stua... -
Nancy Travis
Harriet Michaels -
Anthony LaPaglia
Tony Giardino -
Amanda Plummer
Rose Michaels -
Brenda Fricker
May Mackenzie -
Charles Grodin
Commandeered Car Driver -
Debi Mazar
Tony's Girlfriend "Susa... -
Phil Hartman
Alcatraz Guide -
Steven Wright
Pilot -
Matt Doherty
Heed -
Joe Bellan
Man with Bimbo -
Robert Black
Wedding Reception Accor... -
Patrick Bristow
Cafe Roads Performer -
Maggy Myers Davidson
Tony's Dance Partner -
Cynthia Frost
Mrs. Levenstein -
Greg Germann
Desk Clerk -
Ken Grantham
Maitre D' -
Michael G. Hagerty
Obituary Employee -
John X. Heart
Waiter -
Al Nalbandian
Butchershop Customer -
Robert Nichols
Scottish Minister -
Fred Ornstein
Mr. Levenstein -
Michael Richards
Obit Writer -
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Paul Sanchez
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Glenn Vernon
Uncle Angus -
Cintra Wilson
Cafe Roads MC -
Kelvin Han Yee
Master Cho -
Alan Arkin
Police Chief -
Wanda McCaddon
Auntie Molly -
Jessie Nelson
Ralph -
Bob Sarlatte
M.C. -
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John Taylor
Wedding Reception Fiddl... -
Ken Johnson
Walter the Plumber -
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All Critics (30) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (16) | DVD (9)
A tres hip slice of life about the dilemma of marital commitment with just a pinch of Hitchcock providing the cutting edge.
Myers pumps out a river of inventive shtick, but it doesn't cohere or connect; he seems less a character than a comedian doing couch time on a late-night talk show.
Like an exploding haggis, funny but extremely messy.
Top CriticThe look of So I Married an Axe Murderer is crisply professional, and John Graysmark's production design provides an element of visual surprise.
Juggling mirth, romance and murder requires a deft touch -- think of Hitchcock's Trouble With Harry. Axe is a blunt instrument.
It doesn't help matters much that director Thomas Schlamme pays homage to great marital murder mysteries of the past, mostly because the attempts to borrow from the classics are so halfhearted.
Although Myers is a brilliant comic, any potential he has as a romantic lead remains unfulfilled.
Arkin and the late Hartman also provide memorable moments, while the film as a whole is good-natured enough to make up for its inconsistency.
Not great, but is very watchable romance comedy.
A disappointing film that never finds its right tone
mike myers' only tolerable picture
funny
Works in bits and pieces and it's hard to care about the plot very much, but it's all so lovably goofy that it's hard to resist
Audience Reviews for So I Married an Axe Murderer
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- Stuart Mackenzie: It looks like Sputnik! Spherical, yet pointy at parts.
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- Charlie Mackenzie: She was a thief, you gotta belief, she stole my hearty and my cat.
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