Drowning Mona

"The death of Mona Dearly wasn't so much a whodunnit, as a who didn't."

Mar 3 2000 PG-13 1h 36m
Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The recently deceased Mona Dearly was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash immediately suspects murder rather than an accident. But, since the whole community of Verplanck, N.Y., shares a deep hatred for this unceasingly spiteful woman, Rash finds his murder investigation overwhelmed with potential suspects.

Plot

Mona Dearly, a spiteful, loud-mouthed, unpopular woman, dies when the car she is driving plunges off a cliff and into a river near the small upstate New York town where she lives. Wyatt Rash, the local police chief, investigates and suspects foul play in Mona's death. The whole town is suspect, including Wyatt's daughter Ellen, who is about to marry landscape artist Bobby Calzone, whose business suffers from his lazy business partner, Jeff, Mona's slow-witted son, as well as waitress Rona Mace, who was having an affair with Mona's husband.

Written by

Peter Steinfeld

Directed by

Nick Gomez

Cast

Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Code Entertainment, Neverland Films

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Drowning Mona (2000) Trailer
Drowning Mona (Theatrical Trailer)
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# of Votes
16,290
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
25
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