Drowning Mona

Mar 3, 2000

1h 36m

★ 5.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Neverland Films

Code Entertainment

Drowning Mona Trailers

Cast

Chief Wyatt Rash

Danny DeVito

Mona Dearly

Bette Midler

Ellen Rash

Neve Campbell

Rona Mace

Jamie Lee Curtis

Bobby Calzone

Casey Affleck

Phil Dearly

William Fichtner

Jeff Dearly

Marcus Thomas

Lt. Feege Gruber

Peter Dobson

Lucinda

Kathleen Wilhoite

Clarence

Tracey Walter

Cubby

Will Ferrell

Deputy Tony Carlucci

Paul Ben-Victor

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