Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

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Release Date

12/11/1987

Runtime

88 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$57,915,972

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A darkly comedic thriller that plays murder-swap schemes for laughs while keeping genuine stakes simmering beneath. It's Hitchcock filtered through the Farrelly Brothers' sensibility, twisted, unpredictable, and genuinely funny.

Mood

TenseBittersweet

Themes

ObsessionFreedomFriendshipAmbition

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

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Look

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Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Graphic violence

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