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So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:15

Rotten:15

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Charlie Mackenzie (Mike Myers) is a love-shy "poet" living in San Francisco, who frequents neighborhood coffee houses reciting his tortured odes to unrequited love. Burned by a string of failed... Charlie Mackenzie (Mike Myers) is a love-shy "poet" living in San Francisco, who frequents neighborhood coffee houses reciting his tortured odes to unrequited love. Burned by a string of failed relationships, Mackenzie's fear of commitment has intensified into outrageous extremes of paranoia. When he finds himself falling for the sweet-faced butcher (Nancy Travis) at his local meat shop, he sees it as a final chance for love to overcome his painful cynicism. Feeling he has squelched his nagging fears, Mackenzie marries the woman. But his anxiety quickly manifests itself in the conviction that his betrothed is actually an infamous axe murderer whose antics are described in juicy detail in each week's issue of the Weekly World News. Myers also plays his own father, Stuart Mackenzie, a football-loving, Rod Stewart-singing Scotsman who repeatedly refers to Charlie's over-cranial younger brother William as "Head." [More]

Starring: Mike Myers, Brenda Fricker, Nancy Travis, Amanda Plummer

Starring: Mike Myers, Brenda Fricker, Nancy Travis, Amanda Plummer, Anthony LaPaglia, Phil Hartman, Debi Mazar, Stephen Wright

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Director: Thomas Schlamme

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Jun 17, 2008

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2/4

Although Myers is a brilliant comic, any potential he has as a romantic lead remains unfulfilled.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2009 03:54 PM

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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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2009 03:51 PM

Channel 4 Film

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Leonard Klady

A tres hip slice of life about the dilemma of marital commitment with just a pinch of Hitchcock providing the cutting edge.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2009 03:51 PM

Variety

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J. R. Jones

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2009 03:38 PM

Chicago Reader

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3/5

Cole Smithey

Not great, but is very watchable romance comedy.

comment Comment | Nov., 23 2007 09:19 AM

ColeSmithey.com

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Like an exploding haggis, funny but extremely messy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 03:58 AM

Time Out

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2/5

Chuck O'Leary

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 29 2005 02:33 AM

Fantastica Daily

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1/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jun., 25 2005 07:46 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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3/5

Karina Montgomery

mike myers' only tolerable picture

comment Comment | Jun., 18 2005 12:18 AM

Cinerina

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3/5

Robert Roten

No review available.

comment Comment | Feb., 20 2005 05:27 PM

Laramie Movie Scope

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3/5

Janet Maslin

The look of So I Married an Axe Murderer is crisply professional, and John Graysmark's production design provides an element of visual surprise.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 30 2004 10:17 PM

New York Times

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2/5

Jake Euker

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 02 2004 08:00 AM

F5 (Wichita, KS)

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3/4

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

funny

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 10 2004 02:25 PM

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4/5

Rebecca Murray

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 10 2003 10:20 PM

About.com

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0/5

Jules Brenner

No review available.

comment Comment | May., 26 2003 07:28 PM

Cinema Signals

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2/5

Josh Gilchrist

No review available.

comment Comment | Apr., 06 2003 12:22 PM

Billings Outpost (Montana)

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3.5/5

Ken Hanke

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 29 2002 04:55 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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2/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 23 2002 11:47 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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3/5

Audrey Rock-Richardson

Better on video than in the theatre. It's got that hindsight camp appeal.

comment Comment | Aug., 22 2002 06:42 PM

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

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4/5

Erik Childress

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 22 2002 04:37 PM

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