- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 95 min
- Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Starring: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis ... see all
- Director: Nick Gomez
- Plot: Mona Dearly, a spiteful, loud-mouthed, unpopular woman dies when the car she is driving in plunges off a cliff and into a river near the small upstate New York town... Read more
User Reviews
hilarious
Nov 02, 2007
picpraiser - yahoo.com
Nov 02, 2007picpraiser - yahoo.com
Great cast great movie....the script was well written...neve cambell is a hottie...and jamie lee curtis is awsome.....even the 13 year old tease in the beginning in the movie is oscar worthy......."dude, she's 13." "Yhea, Finally.".....Freaking funny stuf all through out this... Full review
better than a C
Sep 04, 2007
erinmarie3746 - yahoo.com
Sep 04, 2007erinmarie3746 - yahoo.com
I thought this movie was funny, maybe those of you who rated it low are lacking a sense of humor. Yes, its a little dark and sarcastic, but I really enjoyed it.... Full review
Sort of entertaining
Jan 19, 2007
JMK1976 - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2007JMK1976 - yahoo.com
A light-hearted comedy with a few laughs. I found this movie entertaining. Definitely won't make anyone's top 100 list, but I think it's worth the money to rent it.... Full review
this movie could have been better...
Jan 19, 2007
brando2002it - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2007brando2002it - yahoo.com
It could have been much better if directed by another person. Danny DeVito was really good but the rest of the cast was awfull.... Full review
Dont waste money!!
Jan 19, 2007
Machinehead21 - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2007Machinehead21 - yahoo.com
SUCKED SUCKED SUCKED and you know what this movie SUCKED!!! I hated this movie. There was no point!! Alan M.... Full review
hammer and sunflowers a love story
Jan 19, 2007
werewolfpixie - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2007werewolfpixie - yahoo.com
diappointed. yap that is the best word to describe it. by the previews i thought that this movie was going to be freakin hilarious and guess what i kept waiting and waiting and finally whent he movie came towards the end... Full review
Dark DeVito
Oct 08, 2005
morrisondog - yahoo.com
Oct 08, 2005morrisondog - yahoo.com
From the dark mind of Danny DeVito comes a very funny film about a woman whom everyone wants dead. It appears machinehead didn't appreciate the wit of the movie, but I can assure you it is VERY funny. I highly recommend... Full review
Oh! Mona Dearly
Apr 10, 2005
kd5lcf - yahoo.com
Apr 10, 2005kd5lcf - yahoo.com
The first time I watched this movie, I hated it! But, something in it perplexed me to watch it again. After that I started loving it! I think this is one of those movies that will have a cult following. So... Full review
DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Apr 10, 2005
zip_man_007 - yahoo.com
Apr 10, 2005zip_man_007 - yahoo.com
I really liked this movie, it was very quircky, against the grain, and had a ton of good actors in it, you gotta check it out, for real -------- i dont understand why people just love hatin on movies that have... Full review
You love to hate Mona
Apr 10, 2005
mechanic88cuid - yahoo.com
Apr 10, 2005mechanic88cuid - yahoo.com
You expect off-beat with a title like that, and it comes to pass. What you don't expect is DeVito playing the straight man in a comedy. Mona Dearly and her sex-obsessed husband carry the show. It's really an old-fashioned "who done... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 01, 2008Urban Cinefile
The ensemble work of a game cast and the very, very black humour in this slice of life in Looney-Tune Town U.S.A. ensures that Mona's drowning was not in vain.
Once lesbian garage mechanic Lucinda (Kathleen Wilhoite) confirms that Mona's car was 'fixed to kill' the fun really starts as chief Rash (the only human character in a town full of lunatics) begins his investigation.
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| Mar 13, 2000Laramie Movie Scope
Everyone in town hated Mona, even her own family, so there are plenty of suspects.
The scene was also funny because it shows some insight into the behavior of people in a small town.
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| Mar 03, 2000San Francisco Chronicle
Affleck plays Bobby, the nice kid who runs a landscaping business with Mona's dolt son (Marcus Thomas) and is engaged to the sheriff's little girl (Neve Campbell).
As irrelevantly mixed-and-matched as the circumstances surrounding "Drowning Mona" are, there's also some fine tangential dialogue.
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| Mar 03, 2000Deseret News
Instead, "Drowning Mona" goes for cheaper, easier laughs (which don't come, sorry to say), and it never gives us a reason to care about the characters or the mystery at hand.
Driving a little too quickly around a corner, Mona runs her son's vehicle off the road into a lake - with fatal results.
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| Mar 03, 2000ShowBIZ Data
After all, he never much liked Mona either and Ellen is his daughter.
To put it mildly, no one likes Mona, so when her car goes over a road divider and lands her in the Hudson River, her passing isn't mourned.
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DROWNING MONA Rated:PG-13 For movie details, please click here . Uber-bitch Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) dies in a car crash in the sleepy upstate New York burg of Verplanck, throwing the entire town into a whodunit tizzy. ... Full Article
Drowning Mona is a weak, underrealized, inconsistent comedy that has enough little throwaway gags to keep us interested but not much more to sustain our constant involvement. ... Full Article

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