So I Married an Axe Murderer

UPC: 043396257337

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language]

Summary: Comic actor and former Saturday Night Live stock player Mike Myers attempted to transform himself from the goofy title character in Wayne's World (1992) (and its sequel) into a romantic leading man with this box office disappointment. Myers stars as Charlie Mackenzie, a San Francisco poet who meets the girl of his dreams, Harriet Michaels (Nancy Travis) when he stops to pick up some haggis for his parents at Meats of the World, a butcher shop where Harriet works. Although he's been neurotically commitment-phobic in the past (dumping one girlfriend because she "smelled like soup"), Charlie thinks Harriet could be the one. That is, until his mother May (Brenda Fricker) and cop best friend Tony (Anthony LaPaglia) begin to suspect that Harriet could be an axe-wielding serial killer who has butchered several husbands. Harriet's wacky sister Rose (Amanda Plummer) and her connection to several of the slayings make Charlie nervous, but he nevertheless pops the question, leading to an eventful honeymoon where all is revealed. Although So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) earned less than $12 million at the U.S. box office, Myers hit upon the Peter Sellers-inspired formula of playing various supporting characters with this film, portraying Charlie's amusingly paranoid father Stuart. The actor repeated the trick with greater success in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and its sequel. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Comedy

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 06/17/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 93 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Portuguese,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Portuguese,Spanish

Perry Seibert

Years before playing multiple characters in the Austin Powers films, Mike Myers played two roles in So I Married an Axe Murderer. While the film's central story line of Myers' Charlie Mackenzie fearing he's involved with a serial killer is neither funny enough nor frightening enough to maintain much interest, every moment involving Charlie's father, Stuart (Myers again), is wonderfully funny. Saturday Night Live had honed Myers' skill at getting laughs with outrageous characters in five minute skits. In Stuart Mackenzie's conspiracy theories, intense Scottishness, occasional cruelty, and karaoke performing Myers wrings numerous unexpected laughs. The character stops the film cold, but because he is easily the most entertaining aspect of the film, and is usually onscreen for no longer than a few minutes at a time, no viewer should object. So I Married an Axe Murderer misses more often than it hits, but there are enough laughs to recommend that anyone give this mini-cult favorite a try. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Michael Richards  Actor 
Alan Arkin  Actor 
Patrick Bristow  Actor 
Michael Hagerty  Actor 
Fred Ornstein  Actor 
John Taylor  Actor 
Joe Bellan  Actor 
Ken Grantham  Actor 
Al Nalbandian  Actor 
Glenn Vernon  Actor 
Bob Sarlatte  Actor 
Cynthia Frost  Actor 
Paul Sanchez  Actor 
Wanda McCaddon  Actor 
Maggy Myers Davidson  Actor 
John X. Heart  Actor 
Kelvin Han Yee  Actor 
Ken Johnson  Actor 
Chris Rock  Actor 
Robert Black  Actor 
Robert Nichols  Actor 
Cintra Wilson  Actor 
Mindy Marin  Actor 
Greg Germann  Actor 
Mike Myers  Actor 
Jessie Nelson  Actor 
Robbie Fox  Screenwriter 
Mike Myers  Screenwriter 
Barbara Benedek  Screenwriter 
Bruce Broughton  Composer (Music Score) 
Carrie Fisher  Screenwriter 
Thomas Schlamme  Director 
Bernard Williams  Executive Producer 
Cary Woods  Producer 
Robert N. Fried  Producer 
Neil Mullarkey  Screenwriter 
Mike Myers  Actor 
Nancy Travis  Actor 
Anthony LaPaglia  Actor 
Amanda Plummer  Actor 
Brenda Fricker  Actor 
Debi Mazar  Actor 
Charles Grodin  Actor 
Phil Hartman  Actor 
Steven Wright  Actor 
Matt Doherty  Actor 

Country: USA