Drowning Mona

When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.

• Director:Nick Gomez
• Genre:Comedy / Crime / Mystery
• Runtime:96 minutes

Cast

Danny DeVito : Chief Wyatt Rash
Bette Midler : Mona Dearly
Neve Campbell : Ellen Rash
Jamie Lee Curtis: Rona Mace
Casey Affleck : Bobby Calzone

The movie’s first scene shows Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) leaving her home and trying in vain to unlock her car. Her keys fit her son’s car, so she takes that and drives off. In a bend, the brakes fail completely and she drives off a cliff into the Hudson River. This is observed by Clarence, who is fishing there. Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny DeVito) later observes that there are no skid marks on the road.

Neither Phil (her husband) nor Jeff (her son) seem upset when they hear about Mona’s death and they are not the only ones. Ellie (Wyatt’s daughter) even wants to celebrate, because she feels the Dearlys have always treated Bobby (her fiance and Jeff’s business partner) very badly. JB Landscaping is not doing well because of Jeff’s laziness and lack of right hand and because Bobby is not very competent either. Bobby denies that he still wants to fire Jeff and that he has a problem with the Dearlys.

Phil and Rona, who have an affair, meet at the Charm Motel. Phil expresses his happiness about Mona’s death but denies involvement.

Bobby meets Murph and denies that he has had a hand in Mona’s death. Bobby owes his brother a lot of money, but it is suggested that he is often taken advantage of by him.

Wyatt’s investigation takes him to Jeff, who claims that Bobby threatened and attacked Mona. Lucinda informs Wyatt that Mona’s car (i.e. Jeff’s) had been tampered with in multiple ways. Read more

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