Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 03/03/2000(USA)
Release Date: 07/25/2000
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

Rage, jealousy, murder, and Eastern European automotive engineering combine in this offbeat black comedy. Verplanck, NY, is a small town north of Manhattan that has the dubious distinction of being the Yugo capital of America; the ill-fated import compact was first test-marketed in Verplanck, and nearly everyone in town drives one. So no one finds it unusual when a yellow Yugo is seen floating in the river, though seeing someone trapped inside is out of the ordinary. Verplanck's chief of police, Wyatt Rash (Danny De Vito), discovers that the deceased driver was a prominent local citizen, Mona Dearly (Bette Midler), and the evidence suggests that Mona's death was no accident. But the investigation into Mona's murder is hampered by one rather significant detail: nearly everyone in town hated Mona and wanted her dead. She alienated her son Jeff (Marcus Thomas) and his business partner Bobby (Casey Affleck). Bobby's girlfriend Ellen (Neve Campbell) (who is also Rash's daughter) is convinced that Mona would have tried to drive a wedge into their relationship. Mona's husband Phil (William Fichtner) couldn't stand her and fell into an affair with Rona (Jamie Lee Curtis), the waitress at the local diner. And even Rash's sidekick, Deputy Feege (Peter Dobson), spent too much time on the wrong end of Mona's temper to care that she's dead. Before long, the question is no longer who is a suspect, but who isn't? Drowning Mona was directed by Nick Gomez, who earned positive notices for his independent films New Jersey Drive and Illtown.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Danny DeVito - Chief Wyatt Rash
Bette Midler - Mona Dearly
Neve Campbell - Ellen Rash
Jamie Lee Curtis - Rona Mace
Casey Affleck - Bobby Calzone
William Fichtner - Phil Dearly
Marcus Thomas - Jeff Dearly
Peter Dobson - Deputy Feege
Kathleen Wilhoite - Lucinda
Tracey Walter - Clarence
Paul Ben-Victor - Tony Carlucci
Paul Schulze - Jimmy D
Mark Pellegrino - Murph
Raymond O'Connor - Father Tom
Will Ferrell - Cubby
Lisa Rieffel - Valerie

Production:
Nick Gomez - Director
Al Corley Bart Rosenblatt Eugene Musso - Producer
Michael Tavera - Composer
Richard Pearson - Editor
Peter Steinfeld - Screen Writer
Betty Krul Karen Agresti - Set Designer
Monika Mikkelsen - Casting
Terry Dresbach - Costume Designer
Danny DeVito - Executive Producer
Jonathan Weisgal - Executive Producer
Michael Shamberg - Executive Producer
Stacey Sher - Executive Producer
Gwen Bethel - Musical Direction/Supervision
Richard Toyon - Production Designer
Bengt Jonsson - Second Unit Director
Maura Naughton - Second Unit Director
Bengt Jonsson - Second Unit Director Of Photography
Jeff Kushner - Sound Editor
Jeff Kushner - Sound/Sound Designer
Mark Weingarten - Sound/Sound Designer
Bruce Douglas Johnson - Cinematographer

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