Die Mommie Die! (2003)
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64% of critics liked it
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66% of users liked it
(2,718 ratings)
Playwright, performer, and drag queen Charles Busch appears in the leading role as aging pop star Angela Arden in the darkly comic melodrama Die Mommie Die. Based on Busch's own play, this film marks the directorial debut of Mark Rucker. In 1967, Angela's career has hit bottom and she's… More Playwright, performer, and drag queen Charles Busch appears in the leading role as aging pop star Angela Arden in the darkly comic melodrama Die Mommie Die. Based on Busch's own play, this film marks the directorial debut of Mark Rucker. In 1967, Angela's career has hit bottom and she's trapped in a loveless marriage to film producer Sol Sussman (Philip Baker Hall). She gets involved in an affair with unemployed TV actor Tony Parker (Jason Priestley). After Sol suddenly dies, Angela's daughter Edith (Natasha Lyonne) plots a conspiracy of revenge and enlists the help of her brother, Lance (Stark Sands). Also featuring Nora Dunn and Frances Conroy. Busch has previously appeared in drag for the film adaptation of his play Psycho Beach Party in 2000. Die Mommie Die premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mark Rucker
- Written By
- Charles Busch
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 31, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Sundance Film Series
Critic Reviews
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
It plugs ahead on the stamina and sheer nerve of its author-star.
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
You quickly start to realize that there's not much of a movie here.
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Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cheesy, corny and cheap. In other words, it's everything writer-star Charles Busch wanted his spoof of B-movies to be.
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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Aside from meeting a memorable character -- an aging pop diva with self-dramatizing flair -- this comedy thrives on arch melodrama and movie smarts.
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Michael Booth, Denver Post
How can you not like a movie where characters spout ridiculous dialogue such as, 'You can't discard me like one of your false eyelashes!' and believe every word they're hissing?
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Cast
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Charles Busch
as Angela Arden
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Natasha Lyonne
as Edith Sussman
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Jason Priestley
as Tony Parker
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Frances Conroy
as Bootsie Carp
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Philip Baker Hall
as Sol Sussman
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Stark Sands
as Lance Sussman
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Victor Raider-Wexler
as Sam Fishbein
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Nora Dunn
as Shatzi Van Allen
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Stanley de Santis
as Tuchman
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Sara Gilbert
as Janice
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Jason Segel
as Larry the Hippie
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Paul Vinson
as Leather Daddy
