So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993
15
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

44K

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Dark Comedy Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance

A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

44K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,168

715

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The moment where Tony laughs at Stuart's Colonel Sanders impression was not scripted. Anthony LaPaglia really did lose control and laughed at Mike Myers.

Goofs
In the Alcatraz scene, cells are shown with swing doors, some of which are open. All of the cells in Alcatraz have sliding doors.

Quotes
Stuart Mackenzie: I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.

Alternate versions
An alternate take is used for the USA TV version: When Phil Hartman's character is telling his story in the jail, he refers to the prisoner's victim as a "girlfriend" instead of the more profane "bitch" used in all other versions.

Connections
Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

Soundtracks
There She Goes
Written by Lee Mavers (as L.A. Mavers)
Produced by Boo! Productions
Performed by The Boo Radleys
Courtesy of Creation/Columbia Records

User reviews158

Featured review

7/10

It could happen.......

In this greatly under-rated film, Mike Myers plays a man scared of commitment, until that is he meets Harriet and they fall in love, but does she have a rather macabre secret?

This film flows wonderfully, carrying you along before you realise it, right until the end.

Some of the better comedic moments, though, come from the cameos, especially by Steven Wright and Charles Grodin, who is always wonderful, whatever film he is in, although the poetry scenes are quite funny too.

For some reason this film was not as successful as other Mike Myers' efforts such as the Wayne's Worlds, and it does appear that audiences prefer Myers in character than as himself, and indeed you will come out liking Myers better as his father than as his main role, but nevertheless a great movie!