I love discovering movies that's been unfairly rated on IMDB and Wicked Stepmother sits at a lowly 3.9, but is still one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
The sourpusses in the review section complain about a lot of things, seemingly without realizing that this is a completely silly movie that knows exactly how silly it is and runs wild with the silliness. Legendary filmmaker Larry Cohen is behind both the script and direction, but it actually feels more like a John Waters film (having certain similarities to Serial Mom) with exaggerated stereotypes, cartoonish sound effects, and intentionally crude dialogue.
All the actors ham it up on purpose and clearly had a blast on set. At times, it gets so silly that it almost tips into Naked Gun-territory, with several characters spouting completely absurd meta-jokes about the movie, before winking at the camera.
If you're in the mood for a proper goofball flick, I cannot recommend this one highly enough =)
The sourpusses in the review section complain about a lot of things, seemingly without realizing that this is a completely silly movie that knows exactly how silly it is and runs wild with the silliness. Legendary filmmaker Larry Cohen is behind both the script and direction, but it actually feels more like a John Waters film (having certain similarities to Serial Mom) with exaggerated stereotypes, cartoonish sound effects, and intentionally crude dialogue.
All the actors ham it up on purpose and clearly had a blast on set. At times, it gets so silly that it almost tips into Naked Gun-territory, with several characters spouting completely absurd meta-jokes about the movie, before winking at the camera.
If you're in the mood for a proper goofball flick, I cannot recommend this one highly enough =)