(Rated PG-13)
Opens March 3
The tagline is catchy: “1 murder. 460 prime suspects.” Not so much a “whodunit” as a “who didn’t.” From the producers of “Dumb and Dumber,” now Destination Films, in connection with Jersey Films, comes a surefire comedy hit about a woman who drives her car into a lake — and the search for who’s behind her death.
Think “Ruthless People” because this one stars Danny DeVito as Chief Wyatt Rash, who’s known more for his love of show tunes than his authority. Bette Midler stars as Mona Dearly, a local housewife/tyrant (the role Bette does so well) and nobody in town particularly likes her, or cares when she drowns. Marcus Thomas stars as her son, the landscaper. Casey Affleck as the landscaper’s partner, engaged to Ellen (Neve Campbell), who also just happens to be Chief Rash’s daughter. William Fichtner as Bette’s hubby, who is driven into the arms of a career diner waitress Jamie Lee Curtis. Basically they’d like to just forget about Mona since there isn’t anyone who wouldn’t have wanted to kill Mona Dearly anyway.