6.7 Score

1994 • 1h 34min • R • Comedy, Crime

Serial Mom

"Every mom wants to be wanted, but not for murder!"

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

IMDb 6.8

RT 63%

MC 64

Director

John Waters

Composer

Basil Poledouris

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Kathleen Turner

Beverly Sutphin

Sam Waterston

Eugene Sutphin

Ricki Lake

Misty Sutphin

Matthew Lillard

Chip Sutphin

Scott Morgan

Detective Pike

Walt MacPherson

Detective Gracey

Justin Whalin

Scotty

Patricia Dunnock

Birdie

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Kathleen Turner Beverly Sutphin

Sam Waterston Eugene Sutphin

Ricki Lake Misty Sutphin

Matthew Lillard Chip Sutphin

Scott Morgan Detective Pike

Walt MacPherson Detective Gracey

Justin Whalin Scotty

Patricia Dunnock Birdie

Lonnie Horsey Carl

Mink Stole Dottie Hinkle

Mary Jo Catlett Rosemary Ackerman

John Badila Mr. Stubbins

Kathy Fannon Betty Sterner

Doug Roberts Ralph Sterner

Traci Lords Carl's Date

Tim Caggiano Marvin Pickles

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