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Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) seems to be a typical Betty Crocker suburban housewife. Unfortunately, people are dropping like flies around her! Could this perfect mom be a serial killer? "Serial Mom" is a ridiculously charming and clever film that never really received the credit it deserved. It is John Waters' best mainstream film, and its tongue-in-cheek portrayal of suburbia, domesticity, the media, and conventional gender roles is delightfully subversive. Kathleen Turner was criminally underrated--this was her best performance to date. The dialogue is hilarious, the murders are wickedly funny, and the overall atmosphere of the film is disturbingly bright and shiny. Co-stars Waters regulars Mink Stole, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, and features a dynamite cameo by grunge goddesses L7. My Rating: 9/10

This film won't be to everyone's liking, but is certainly an all-time favorite of mine. Only a film like this can combine so many great elements into one entertaining movie.Kathleen Turner is just purely brilliant as sweet mother Beverly Sutphin, who would look more at home in a show like Bewitched. However, we soon learn that she's not all that she seems. I love any movie that takes a classic element (in this case the innocent housewife) and completely turns it on its head.And so the film leads us on a journey through Beverly Sutphin's life and motivations. The film grabs on, and doesn't let go, keeping the pace until the very last scene.In bad taste? Well, yes. Sick humor? Quite often. Good? Oh yes. If you have a dark sense of humor, don't miss it for the world.

Of all the satirical attacks on white bread suburban life with stay-at-home moms and white picket fences, this is one of the best I've seen. Serial Mom is hilarious. Kathleen Turner kills it as Beverly Sutphin, a middle aged housewife who has a penchant for premeditated murder. When she's not recycling, going to church, or putting on the appearance of the perfect wife and mother, she's killing. If you think about it, a well-known and beloved housewife is the perfect cover. She would be the last suspected--except in this movie where she was one of the first suspected. But Beverly didn't kill because she loved killing, no she loved order and she loved her family. So, if she had to protect her daughter Misty (Ricki Lake), her son Chip (Matthew Lillard) or her husband (Sam Waterston), then she was on the prowl and nothing would stop her.