October 31-Day Film Challenge: Day 21 Favorite Movie Parent Anne Ramsey as Momma Lift in Throw Momma from the Train (1987, Danny DeVito) DeVito plays an odd mammas boy named Owen looking to rid himself of his outrageously overbearing and unpleasant mother whom he still lives with. The mother is played by Anne Ramsey, who passed away shortly after this was released, and she is quite a caricature. She is loud, ugly, rude, and overbearing. Though Owen hardly seems like he could take care of himself, he wants desperately to have his mother offed. He fantasizes about it in some truly weird scenes, but he clearly doesnt have the guts to actually do it himself. Throw Momma from the Train, I think is a fun comic adventure, both Danny DeVito and Bill Crystal are funny, while Anne Ramsey, as DeVitos battle axe mom, steals the show in a grotesquely funny performance. Even though shes a horror, you end up rooting for her, because it seems like she could kick both DeVitos and Crystals asses at the same time with both hands tied behind her back.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:36:21 +0000
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