Kathleen turner serial mom

Nobody will tell you what to do! Hollywood treated me fairly. They opened it pretty wide all across America in regular movie theaters and it was the first nice spring day. No one went to see any movie that weekend. Every person worked on their yard, started their garden. But who knows? All my movies are weird to the American public. I think it would make a good TV series, where she kills once a month, and you build to that every three episodes. You know, somebody ought to kill her. Gus : Yeah, give her a happy face, and then recycle her.

Beverly : For the sake of this planet, someone just might. Beverly Sutphin : Do you think I need a lawyer? Chip Sutphin : You need an agent. Chip : Mom, are you a serial killer? Beverly : The only "serial" I know anything about is Rice Krispies.

Beverly : Buckle up, Scotty! Scotty Barnhill : [on fire] No, Mrs. Sutphin, please. I'll wear my seatbelt. Eugene Sutphin : Beverly, I've read all about this.

Is it menopausal? Beverly : Oh, honey. Beverly : [to her family after she squashes a fly with a fly swat] Scrambled eggs anybody? Misty Sutphin : I'm stood up!

I'll kill that bastard! I mean it, he should be dead that lousy creep! He told me he'd be here! I'll kill him! Beverly Sutphin : Umm, don't use words unless you mean them, Misty.

Eugene Sutphin : You think the kids are awake? Beverly : We could be very quiet. Eugene Sutphin : Oh, honey! You're hot tonight! Beverly : Oh, yeah! Eugene Sutphin : Honey, I'm ready! Beverly : [as Beverly hits Mrs. Beverly : Suzanne Somers, this is my bad side! During opening arguments, Beverly's lawyer claims that she is not guilty by reason of insanity, but she fires him and proposes to represent herself, citing various law books she has read to her prosecutor's dismay.

The judge reluctantly agrees and the trial begins. Beverly proves to be extremely skilled and formidable in defending herself, systematically discrediting nearly every witness against her by using trick questioning to incite Dottie to contempt of court by repeated obscenities; finding a transsexual-themed magazine in Gracey's trash, invoking that judging a person by what they choose to read proves nothing; badgering Rosemary into admitting she doesn't recycle; and fanning her legs repeatedly at pervert Marvin Pickles, witness to Carl's murder, whose resulting over-arousal causes him to commit perjury.

The only witness she does not actively discredit is Luann Hodges, but Hodges is unable to provide credible testimony anyway, due to being under the influence of marijuana. During Pike's crucial testimony, the entire courtroom including the judge and jury is distracted by the arrival of Suzanne Somers, who plans to portray Beverly as the heroine of a television film.

Beverly is acquitted of all charges, stunning her family, who vow to 'never get on her nerves'. Throughout the trial, Beverly has been displeased that a juror Patty Hearst is wearing white shoes after Labor Day. Beverly follows her to a payphone and fatally strikes her in the head with the receiver. Somers then angers Beverly into an outburst by trying to pose for a picture that will show Beverly's 'bad side', just as the juror's body is discovered.

The film ends with a close-up of Beverly's wicked smile and a caption stating that Beverly 'refused to cooperate' with the making of the film. The audio for Ted Bundy in one of Beverly's correspondences with the jailed killer is the voice of Waters.

Turner's character is helpless and unwitting in a way that makes us feel almost sorry for her—and that undermines the humor. To reinforce his plot about a seemingly normal family with a secret to hide, Waters needed the Sutphin residence to look normal, too. In his book Mr. Using a conventional-looking house as the base of activity, Waters spins his tale about an outwardly happy homemaker who gets ticked off by one perceived slight after another and finally takes action.

Savoy Pictures was the studio that made the film. One is the obscene phone call scene, where Beverly sits in her bedroom and makes a prank call to her neighbor, Dottie Hinkle. Another memorable scene is when Turner, as Beverly, uses a different phone to bludgeon Hearst, playing Juror No. The Lake Drive residence has had several owners over the years but still looks like it did in the movie. Built in , it has three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, with a two-car garage on a half-acre lot that backs up to a golf course.