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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

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The "exchange murders" plot gambit, played with utter solemnity in Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, is used as the launching pad for raucous laughter in Throw Momma From the Train. Director/star Danny DeVito plays Owen Lift, a middle-aged bachelor, totally dominated by his gorgon mother, played with hilarious ferocity by Anne Ramsey. Billy Crystal co-stars as Larry Donner, a creative-writing professor, saddled with a vituperative, thoroughly despicable ex-wife, Margaret (Kate Mulgrew). Signing

PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy

May 8, 2001

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darkly hilarious

April 29, 2005 Comment
Shadows on the Wall

Funny film that sort of play-acts being a black comedy

November 18, 2004 Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

This black comedy careens all over the place to squeeze laughs out of matricide, jealousy, and the ego trip of writers. Most of the time, the humor is strained

August 27, 2004 Full Review | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Sultry.

September 19, 2003 Comment
MovieCrypt.com

A rather sweet little comedy masquerading as a black comedy.

September 11, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for Throw Momma from the Train

This isn't funny. I didn't want you to keep those hopes so high like mine were when I started watching this. Comedy films coming out around this time included Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, City Slickers, and Ghostbusters, films with dopey leads, hard hearted eccentrics, and lovelorn women. Many people like to lump

August 12, 2010
FrizzDrop

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A little comedic fun riffing off of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" premise.

July 21, 2007
moonrivers

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    1. Owen Lift: I don't want them to take you away!
    2. Momma: Yes, you do!
    3. Owen Lift: Owen loves his momma!
    4. Momma: 'Owen loves his momma!' [sing-song] Owen loves his momma! Owen loves his momma! Owen loves his...
    – Submitted by Anthony A (3 months ago)
    1. Momma: You sit there typing all day like a fat little pigeon!
    2. Owen Lift: You won't ever hear it again, Momma. I promise.
    – Submitted by Anthony A (3 months ago)
    1. Momma: Stop it, dammit! I got a waxball in my ear. Get it out.
    – Submitted by Anthony A (3 months ago)
    1. Owen Lift: Momma!
    – Submitted by Anthony A (3 months ago)
    1. Momma: OWEN! OWEN! OWEN! OWEN! OWEN!!
    2. Owen Lift: WHAT?
    3. Momma: Get me a soda with some ice in it! Owen, hurry up!
    4. Owen Lift: Momma...
    5. Momma: Chop-chop, Owen! Come on!
    6. Owen Lift: Alright!
    – Submitted by Anthony A (3 months ago)

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