Read more about Serial Mom at: Wikipedia Official Site: HBO Films Serial Mom is a 1994 American satirical comedy film written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the titular character, Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her daughter and son. Despite statements to the contrary in the movie, the story is completely fiction. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords and Brigid Berlin make cameo appearance in the film. Movies by Waters' creative influences, including Russ Meyer, Otto Preminger, William Castle, and Herschell Gordon Lewis, are seen playing on television sets throughout the film. The film was screened out of competition at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Though the beginning of the movie says that everything in it is true, when questioned John Waters said he made it up, as a gag. |