Drowning Mona Movie Review 2000

Strident comedy about the low-IQ denizens of small town Verplanck, New York, where everybody still drives a Yugo (the town was a test market). Nasty Mona Dearly (Midler) drives her car into the Hudson River and drowns. It turns out to be murder and Chief Wyatt Rash (DeVito) must investigate. He's not lacking in suspects since Mona was the most hated woman in the community. Everyone in the cast looks like they're enjoying themselves which may be more than the viewer will say.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Flashback, Disorganized Crime, Stupid Is..., Cops

Screenplay

Peter Steinfeld

Cast

Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Affleck, Neve Campbell, William Fichtner, Peter Dobson, Marcus Thomas, Kathleen Wilhoite, Tracey Walter, Paul Ben-Victor, Paul Schulze, Mark Pellegrino

Cinematography

Bruce Douglas Johnson

Director

Nick Gomez

Music

Michael Tavera

Producer

Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Jonathan Weisgal, Jersey Films