Savoy Pictures | Release Date: April 13, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Unfortunately, Turner's performance is as forced as Serial Mom's humor. Both boast false smiles but can't mask the fact that there's something sinister in the suburbs and about this movie. [15 Apr 1994, p.03]
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Pollack
The movie falters because Waters' screenplay is too shallow and brief to provide sufficient underpinning. [15 Apr 1994, p.3D]
50
There's no development of Turner's character. The laughs in the first reel are the same as those in the last. [15 Apr 1994, p.C]
50
Water's kinky view of the world has simply been overtaken (hell, swallowed up) by the sheer warp of reality. [13 Apr 1994]