Drowning Mona

Pros: Some funny moments, good cast, tries to be something different...
Cons: ... just not funny enough and too odd for its own good at times.

Drowning Mona wasn’t a particularly popular or, as far as I remember, very well advertised film made in 2000. It’s not so much that it’s offbeat or surreal as just downright odd, and I think that’s part of the reason for its lack of popularity. ...

Pros: Odd, outside-the-box, quirky; catchy music; good comic acting
Cons: Some feel the quirkiness is forced.

Story: Verplank, New York was used by the Yugo car company as a test market for its Yugo car, and almost everyone in this movie drives a Yugo. That is just one of many quirky touches to this odd movie, that is best categorized as a dark comedy. ...

Pros: funny at points, good actors/actresses
Cons: kind of dull but at points you get a chuckle!

This movie was not at all what I expected. Drowning Mona was about a family that lived in Verplanck, New York. This just happens to be where the Yugo car company is test driving their vehicles. Everyone in the town drives Yugo’s even the...

Pros: Lots of twists, some funny moments
Cons: Too many inconsistencies

Drowning Mona is a screwball comedy set in a little town in New York. It takes place in the mid-80's and this town just happens to be where the Yugo company decided to test their new car. (Remember those junky little things?). So, practically everyone...

Pros: Bette Midler and Danny DeVito
Cons: Reminds me of dry toast

Ho hum…where to begin (yawn).

”Drowning Mona” is a somewhat interesting but predictable type of a who-did-it and who-really-cares kind of movie. I will confess that I am a fan of both Bette Midler and Danny DeVito movies, which...

Pros: great cast, some good dark humor
Cons: somewhat slow, didn't really like the ending

Lately I have gotten a severe overload of comedy. I've never liked comedy all that much, but my husband loves it and watches little else. However, there is one type of comedy I generally enjoy even when all others have grown repetitive and ...

Pros: Bette!, interesting characters, consistant for the most part
Cons: a few offensive scenes, the ending

Maybe my sense of humor is a bit off or something, but I found Drowning Mona to be one of the funniest movies I have seen in a very long while! Which isn't that much of a compliment considering most of the comedic movies that have been out...

Pros: Had the potential to be funny with a spectacular cast
Cons: Blew it's chance by being offensive

This review is the most recent addition to my search for the laugh-so-hard-you-fall-off-you-chair new release comedy series. As many of you have probably noticed, I am not doing so well in my search. Well, this review isn't going to be much different...

Pros: It's the first and last Yugo comedy
Cons: Where do I begin?

When you finish watching Drowning Mona, you’ll be smacking your forehead and exclaiming, “A comedy about Yugos! Now, why didn’t I think of that before?!”

Okay, this black-hearted satire is not all about those cheap, laughing-stock cars...

Pros: That's a tough question.
Cons: The script, directing and actors.

There is nothing worse than poor comedy. If you're watching a terrible horror movie, at least some flying limbs and gore may entertain. Bad drama is pretty horrible, but at least you can always catch a few winks. There's simply nothing more annoying than...

Pros: none
Cons: was there a storyline?

Tommy and I went and saw this movie last Monday. We had wanted to see it since we first saw the previews a month or so ago. Unfortunately this movie did not live up to my high expectations.

The cast included Danny DeVito(cop), Bette...

Pros: Pretty good comedy
Cons: It does drag in places, although the the wait is worth it.

Every once in a while, a movie comes along whose characters are just too bizarre to believe. According to Peter Steinfeld, who originally wrote Drowning Mona as a short story, the characters were inspired by real people he grew up around in a small New...

Pros: Danny DeVito, Will Ferrell, some good lines.
Cons: Characters with astonishingly low IQs.

The commercials promised a black comedy full of well-known actors: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Neve Campbell, along with an array of lesser-known supporting actors. I thought the movie would be excellent. Somehow that didn't work...

Pros: Bette Midler was really mean and showed a whole new side.
Cons: Was too short

This movie takes place in Verplanck, New York where the Yugo car company is test driving their automobiles and everyone in town is driving them, including the police.

At the very beginning, Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) dies. Upon leaving her...

Pros: Good acting
Cons: Loses itself, leaves unanswered questions

It was a dark and stormy Friday night in Southeastern Michigan. My husband was stuck in Newark, my daughter at a sleep over, and the boys and I wanted to stay put.

So we needed a movie that would appeal to the sensibilities of "A...