September 25, 2009
Apart from a couple of great lines, it?s not a great comedy
Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey
Two men have someone they would dearly love dead; One his ex-wife who is making his life miserable, the other his domineering, nasty mother. What could be simpler than exchanging murders to avoid any ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001
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September 7, 2008This movie has a geniously simple plot and it totally works. The chemistry between DeVito and Crystal is good and Anne Ramsey... Goddamn, she steals the show totally! Gotta be one of the most loved characters you wanna hate but you simply can't!
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June 28, 2008Danny DeVito plays Owen, who lives with his cruel, mean, and downright vile mother named Mrs. Lift (Anne Ramsey) who plays this character as a straight up villain who talks like she has a mouthful of marbles. Owen's teacher is Larry Donner played by the funny Billy Crystal. He's ...( read more)
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May 4, 2008A bitter ex-husband and a pushed to the limit mama?s boy make a deal. A deal for the mama?s boy to kill the ex-wife of writer/college professor who stole his book idea and the writer to kill the mama?s boy overbearing mother. Both of them want their other half dead, but can eithe...( read more)
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October 31, 2009This is a funny comedy starring Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal. Basically about these two guys with a problem. One needs their hateful mother dead and the other needs their ex-wife dead. So they exchange murders so they are not suspects for either. Of course these things never go...( read more)
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February 29, 2008One of the funnier dark comedies that I have seen. The scene where Devito cracks Crystal on the head with the frying pan will, for me, go down in history as one of the funniest pieces of slapstick in the history of western cinema!
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