Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train1987

PG-13 Film · Comedy, Crime, Thriller · 88 min · Dec 11, 1987 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress +3 Awards: wins 1, nominations 3
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Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

Danny DeVito
Director
Stu Silver
Writer

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Janet Maslin · The New York Times 90.00/100.00

As Owen, Mr. DeVito is such an odd combination of the childlike and the diabolical that he remains a captivating figure throughout the story. Mr. DeVito's comic timing is particularly enjoyable, since he has such a slow, steady, deliberate way of building up to outrageous behavior.

橙子 2.00/5.00

合格的喜剧,两位喜剧人也有化学反应,笑点老套但屡试不爽

Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times 50.00/100.00

The plot in Throw Mama from the Train is top-heavy, but the movie doesn't make as much as it could from its weird characters.

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