Fresh
A tres hip slice of life about the dilemma of marital commitment with just a pinch of Hitchcock providing the cutting edge.
Leonard Klady, Variety
So I Married an Axe Murderer
The honeymoon was killer.
1993 · 1h 33m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Thomas Schlamme
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So I Married an Axe Murderer
Overview
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
Director and cast
- Thomas Schlamme Director
- Mike Myers as Charlie MacKenzie / Stuart MacKenzie
- Nancy Travis as Harriet Michaels
- Anthony LaPaglia as Tony Giardino
- Amanda Plummer as Rose Michaels
- Brenda Fricker as May Mackenzie
- Matt Doherty as William "Heed" Mackenzie
- Charles Grodin as Commandeered Car Driver
- Phil Hartman as Ranger John "Vicky" Johnson
- Debi Mazar as Susan
- Steven Wright as Pilot
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Myers pumps out a river of inventive shtick, but it doesn't cohere or connect; he seems less a character than a comedian doing couch time on a late-night talk show.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The look of So I Married an Axe Murderer is crisply professional, and John Graysmark's production design provides an element of visual surprise.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Juggling mirth, romance and murder requires a deft touch -- think of Hitchcock's Trouble With Harry. Axe is a blunt instrument.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
It doesn't help matters much that director Thomas Schlamme pays homage to great marital murder mysteries of the past, mostly because the attempts to borrow from the classics are so halfhearted.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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