- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Anna Friel, Joanna Lumley, Anna Massey, Phyllida Law ... see all
- Director: Sara Sugarman
- Plot: A single mother's postnatal state leads her on a race to save her child and her sanity.
User Reviews
Truly Awful
Jul 14, 2006
Mis Behavin - imdb.com
Jul 14, 2006Mis Behavin - imdb.com
As a big fan of Kathy Lette's early novels, I was so pleased when I heard they were making this into a film. I now hold my hands up and say I really should be shot for not knowing any better!!... Full review
A Steaming Pile Of Cattle Dung
May 18, 2005
Theo Robertson - imdb.com
May 18, 2005Theo Robertson - imdb.com
A couple of weeks ago I had a get together with a bunch of Matt Johnson ( Aka The The ) fans down in London and a couple of people I'd met there , namely Duncan and Ange , had like... Full review
They knocked down the cinema the next week....
Jun 23, 2004
Karen Griffiths - imdb.com
Jun 23, 2004Karen Griffiths - imdb.com
...no really they did - not just because this film was so awful, but you simply never know! To take some of the UK's finest character actors, take one of the funniest antidotes to 'chick-lit shopping novels' I've ever read to... Full review
Why bother?
Dec 09, 2002
Vanessa Wilson - imdb.com
Dec 09, 2002Vanessa Wilson - imdb.com
I have read just about all of Kathy Lette's books, they are fabulous. This movie however, was just a total waste of time, I couldn't possibly say anything good about it. All I can say is, I am pleased that I... Full review
Embarrassing
May 27, 2000
Tony - imdb.com
May 27, 2000Tony - imdb.com
Although I didn't expect a masterpiece, I at least hoped for a bit of wit, considering the writer and the cast. However, I was sorely disappointed. It started horribly when you realised the central character was going to be using a... Full review
think twice?
May 20, 2000
lydonjohn - imdb.com
May 20, 2000lydonjohn - imdb.com
I feel compelled to write. This is the in my humble opinion a terrible film. When the script and plot thins it disappears into an MTV collage of images. If you suspend your ideas of reality for a while it could... Full review
Mad cap comedy caper through London
Jan 20, 2000
cas3y - imdb.com
Jan 20, 2000cas3y - imdb.com
This is a great film, with lots of funny and moving moments. The production values are high considering it was so low budget and I would highly recommend it on video if you didn't catch it at the cinema......... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 29, 2009Urban Cinefile
Not only is Mad Cows chronically boring, it is embarrassing in its attempt to be hip.
Despite the talented cast (not called upon to do much used here) Mad Cows suffers from lack of discipline, lack of insight, lack of dramatic tension and lack of comedic flair.
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| Sep 04, 2008Urban Cinefile
Possibly in the narrative, Kathy Lette's Mad Cows has charm, humour and panache.
The best moments belong to Joanna Lumley, whose AbFab-like character brightens up the screen she is lively, vile and adorable.
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News
There are women.They are horrible. Comedy starring Joanna Lumley and Anna Friel Irremediably bad comedy - based on the Kathy Lette novel - which is so furiously unamusing, so desperately loud and overcranked, and so painfully implausible, that some... ... Full Article



