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One of Kathleen Turner's finest performance.

posted 11 years ago by Kim_Chi
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I absolutely love Serial Mom. I am a huge John Water's fan and this is in my top 3 films of his.
I can't think of another female actress that could've nailed this role as Mrs. Turner does. She is hilarious and is the whole focus of the film.
My favourite parts are the phone pranks and her character defending herself in court.
I totally feel Kathleen was robbed of acting awards for successfully playing against type.
Wonderful performance/hilarious film.

[–] ShizaMinelli 11 years ago

At the very least a Globe nod, but I thought this performance could have easily taken her all the way to Oscar night if Academy voters were more open minded. Comedic perfection!

But, tbh, if the trivia bit about Julie Andrews being considered were true I would have loved to have seen that as well!!

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[–] hodie 11 years ago

She was so funny in this. I also liked her in Prizzi's Honor, but she was off the charts in SM.

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