Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1473 movies items)

" When struggling mystery writer Owen realizes that he and his teacher, Larry, are both slowly going crazy thanks to the women in their lives, he gets a great idea: He'll kill Larry's devious ex-wife if Larry offs Owen's domineering, overbearing mother. Expect classic black comedy after Owen fulfills his end of the bargain, and Larry's stuck without an alibi! The film, featured earlier performances by Annie Ross, Kim Griest, Kate Mulgrew, Branford Marsalis, and Oprah Winfrey, with Anne Ramsey"

My Favorite Films of 1987 (25 movies items)

" "Where are you going?" "I'm gonna kill the bitch. You want something?" Directed by Danny DeVito Written by Stu Silver Music by David Newman Cinematography by Barry Sonnenfeld Editing by Michael Jablow"

An average movie

“Since I always had a weak spot for Danny De Vito, I was quite eager to check this flick. Well, even thought the damned thing was definitely fun, to be honest, it didn’t completely worked and I think it was mostly due to the fact that it was De Vito’s directing debut. Indeed, the whole thing felt rather unfocused and it took such a long time to finally take off. I mean, the concept definitely had some potential but the way to get there was just too convoluted and not really convincing and therefore the end-result was not always really entertaining or, at least, not as entertaining as it could have been. However, I really enjoyed the tone though. Indeed, even if we have nowadays a lot of successful raunchy comedies, we don’t have so many dark comedies like this one and I have a huge we” read more

Favorite Comedy Films: 1986-1987 (90 movies items)

" Directed by: Danny DeVito Produced by: Larry Brezner and Arne Schmidt Written by: Stu Silver Cinematography: Barry Sonnenfeld Edited by: Michael Jablow Music by: David Newman Distributed by: Orion Pictures"

Actors Who Played Fictional Writers (45 movies items)

" Billy Crystal as Larry Donner "