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62% Critic Match
Throw Momma from the Train
“Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.”
6.2 / 10• 1987• 1h 28m•PG-13• English
ComedyCrimeThriller
Storyline
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.
Cast & Crew
Danny DeVito
Owen Lift
Lead
Billy Crystal
Larry Donner
Kim Greist
Beth Ryan
Anne Ramsey
Mrs. Lift
Kate Mulgrew
Margaret Donner
Branford Marsalis
Lester
Rob Reiner
Joel
Bruce Kirby
Detective DeBenedetto
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Danny DeVito's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Throw Momma from the Train is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
