| Murder Can Be Hysterical! (by fortress111) |
| Owen is a little nuts. His mother drove him there. Larry is distraught. His ex-wife stole his award winning manuscript. Owen wants Larry to do a little favor for him Larry wants his life back. So begins one of the classic comedies of modern times. Excellently done in all aspects with absolutely nothing lacking. If you are a writer if you have ever been screwed over by a girl if you had a dominating bitch of a mother if you love Woody Allen movies you will LOVE this movie.The chemistry of this brew that makes it all work is casting, writing, direction, and TALENT! Something sadly <more> |
| I know that feeling! (by GOWBTW) |
| Had it with the one who raised you since when you were young? You just want her gone from your life? That woman is your mother. You should respect her, you should honor her, whether she's in sick or well. But that in times, it can be aggravating. Especially when she becomes very overbearing. That's how Owen Danny DeVito had to deal with in "Throw Momma Fron The Train". His Momma Anne Ramsey, 1929-88 , is one of the worst. He trying his best to be a writer, and she is everything but grateful. Calls him a "clumsy poop", a "larda$$", and "fat" and <more> |
| Brilliant (by shane-77) |
| This is, without doubt, one of the most under rated movies of all time - right up there with Catch-22. Absolutely hilarious - I think the only comedy I like more would be Raising Arizona and it's a close thing.Brilliant writing from Stu Silver yet he's done nothing since. It's a crime. Barry Sonnenfeld's cinematography is outstanding in the mold of his early work with the Cohens and the performances are just fabulous.And what can you say about Danny DeVito? The man is a genius! Of course, this is the first of many classic under rated gems from him as director and producer. <more> |
| Overlooked black comedy. (by TOMASBBloodhound) |
| Black comedy isn't always an easy sell. Every now and then you get a black comedy that is hugely successful, like Fargo, for example. But usually they don't often find big audiences. People seem to either set their minds for intellectual comedy, or for serious mayhem. There doesn't seem to be a big market for a good mixture of both. Throw Momma From the Train was a fairly decent hit, yet few people seem to remember much about it in this day and age. Danny DeVito just about hit this one all the way out of the park back in 1987.DeVito plays an odd mamma's boy named Owen looking <more> |
| "Owen Doesn't Have Any Friends, He's Stupid" (by bkoganbing) |
| If you had a mother that described you like that, you just might be looking to bump her off yourself. It's how Danny DeVito feels about Anne Ramsey, it's just how to put the plan in action.And his creative writing class taught by Professor Billy Crystal gives him the idea. That and a viewing of Alfred Hitchcock's classic Strangers On A Train which gives DeVito the idea to switch murders with Crystal who hates his wife, Kate Mulgrew, who not only is cheating him out of an idea for a book he wanted to write, but is also carrying on with hunky Tony Ciccone.Throw Momma From The Train <more> |
| Really quite funny and memorable (by dtao-1) |
| I thought that the interplay between Crystal and DeVito was great. The movie is rather off the wall, but there are some unforgettable lines. Ramsey as "Momma" is vulgar and over the top, but also very funny and effective. The character HAS to be pretty awful for why else would someone entertain thoughts of killing his mother? Now Crystal's wife -- she is a "slut" whom everyone would like to receive her comeuppance, thus her role, though minor, is also effective, because it has to justify Crystal's ridiculous case of "writer's block." While there are <more> |
| Genius script, great acting, solid direction: The ingredients to a great film. (by Pet_Rock) |
| Larry Donner Billy Crystal has a crazy life: His wife Kate Mulgrew stole his book and left him, he has a new budding romance with a girl named Beth Kim Greist , he doesn't know how to start his book, and his students of his screen writing class are stranger than most. However, one student Danny DeVito is extra strange. He lives with his evil Momma Anne Ramsey and he can't get up the courage to kill her. So than he goes to Larry for help, making his life go from normal crazy, to extra crazy! Stu Silver should have done more! The dialog, the characters, the whole script is near <more> |
| very funny film (by kyle_furr) |
| This movie is basically a spoof on Hitchcock's Strangers on a train, which i thought was overrated anyway. The plot has Danny Devito going to see Strangers and then thinking Billy Crystal wants them to swap murders, For Crystal to murder his mother and Devito to murder his wife. Both Devito and Crystal are great and so is Devito's mother. This is Devito's directorial debut and it's better than the war of the roses. |
| I love it! (by Huntress-2) |
| This is one of my favorite comedies. As a writer I can identify with the characters and plus how can you not get a kick out of "Momma". This movie is great! |