SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER (1993)
Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it
fortnightly, smarta-s!
Tagline: The Honeymoon Was Killer!
Oh man, where to begin with this one. I first got introduced to this movie
through my church group who couldn’t stop talking about how hilarious it was. However, I didn’t end up actually seeing it till about 5 or 6 years ago. There is a
slight bit of horror element thrown into this thing, but it’s more of a comedy
romance than anything else. Charlie (played by Mike Myers) has a problem. He
absolutely sucks at dating and he is always trying to find ways out of commitment.
Any even remote reason and this dude will find a way to buy a huge cappuccino
and drown his memories in the sorrow of horrible but oft comical poetry.
Charlie meets this girl Harriet (played by Nancy Travis) who runs a meat shop
and the two hit it off. It doesn’t take long before Charlie finds out a bit more
about her and becomes increasingly suspicious that she may be a widower who
kills off her husbands in each new town she visits.
Myers actually plays two characters in this movie, the other one being Stuart
Mackenzie (Charlie Mackenzie’s father). Stuart is by far the funnier of the two
and some of his rants and antics are basically water cooler and internet legend
at this point. While the humor drives this movie quite nicely, I also loved the
chemistry between Charlie and Harriet but didn’t like Charlie as a character
all that much. Probably because I have issues with people that sort of crap on
other people in general. Fortunately, Charlie does get some character
development in this movie. We also get a
pretty cool set of backup characters which include Tony (played by Anthony
LaPaglia probably best known as being the music store owner in EMPIRE RECORDS).
Harriet’s sister Rose is played by Amanda Plummer (who is probably most famous
for her role as the “tick tock, tick tock” lady from HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING
FIRE) does an amazing job in this thing as well.
What keeps me coming back to watching this movie is that it never fails to deliver both humor and execution. There is never a dull moment. Some of the cameos are also pretty amazing. Overall I also like Myers in most movies he’s done. Jenn and I probably watch this damn movie 3 or 4 times every year. So that should give you an indicator of how much we like it.
I give SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER a 6 out of 7. It’s almost the perfect comedy. This would be a 7 out of 7 for me if more than a few of the jokes didn’t miss the landing.
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