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So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

Director: Thomas Schlamme

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From Time Out Film Guide

Myers (half of the Wayne's World duo) takes a giant step for nerdkind in this less than subtle Hitchcock spoof, which aims a blunderbuss at serial killers, multi-lingual lounge singers, and the Queen Mother. While buying haggis for his bizarre Scottish family, Myers meets butcher's assistant Travis. Despite an aversion to long-term relationships, he falls for her hook, line and sinker - until he begins to suspect that she may be a deadly serial marrier who has already claimed three victims. The crass Scots jokes are irresistible; Alan Arkin's cameo as a mild-mannered police chief is sheer perfection; and the cultish references to Beat poetry should please slumming hipsters. Like an exploding haggis, funny but extremely messy.

Author: NF 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Producer: Jonathan Sanger, Rob Fried, Cary Woods

Cast: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Brenda Fricker, Charles Grodin, Alan Arkin full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 92 mins


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