Serial Mom.crank phone calling then right into court

Serial Mom is a 1994 American black comedy/thriller film written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the title character, Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords and Brigid Berlin make cameo appearances in the film. Movies by Waters' creative influences, including Russ Meyer, Otto Preminger, William Castle, and Herschell Gordon Lewis, are seen playing on television sets throughout the film.
The film was screened out of competition at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
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[@darreylhenderson702]

"I'm a divorced woman, please help me" 🤣🤣🤣🤣IDK why that line absolutely kills me every time!

[@lilkcceleb]

LMFAO This whole movie is fuckin hilarious!!!

[@chrishopkins8215]

With classic delivery from Mink Stole. So hilarious.

[@romerjusu3804]

I wonder why she's " a divorced woman ".

[@RobespierreThePoof]

It's a hilarious line ... And, VERY much of its era. Divorce rates started to shoot up in the 70s and 80s. There was a lot of paranoia about it from conservatives. So, that line .... It's totally making fun of those paranoid people's hysteria about the plight of divorced women.

[@toomiitoo]

I think she told this like argument that she doesn't have a husband to protect her 😊

[@tonysmile1]

Dotty walked into the courtroom thinking she was the shit.

[@romerjusu3804]

Imagine Dottie in jail....

[@corduerorose9747]

Beverly 🤬 up her mind 🤣

[@369jbird]

@@romerjusu3804 I sure can. And...Dottie would DEFINITELY cuss everybody out while locked up...lol.

[@BaseballRoscoe25]

plot twist, Beverly continued with the prank calls after Dottie got out of jail haha

[@benjamintriplett3]

Ikr? 😂😂😂

[@derekschrapel637]

The way she looks at the phone and hysterically laughs between the two phonecalls takes me away! 😂🤣

[@nina1522]

I love it too, she's like a kid who knows they're getting away with something naughty LOL

[@elpepe4445]

Best performance of Kathleen Turner. She deserved an Oscar nomination.

[@erpy83]

She truly deserved it

[@olly-kai]

It was far too controversial.

[@kevinthepilgrim]

I agree. Movie is so so, but she's great in it.

[@mackinshizzaveli4202]

@@kevinthepilgrim She is the movie so the movie is as incredible as she was in it

[@vinnym5607]

At least a Golden Globe.

[@TheGreekPianist]

LMAO she did this all because Dottie took her parking spot at the mall! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ClarenceFisher]

You say it like that's a bad thing. :)

[@MrParkerman6]

Her motives for all the kills was trivial as hell.

[@dcap79]

Yvoone Criddle would do worse.

[@retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106]

Pussywillows lol

[@camelnat]

@@retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mattmayo3539]

That husky voice is so beautiful.

[@RejectedSpiritX]

“Mrs Hinkle, are you insane?” The face she makes when she asks that question kills me every time

[@conradmccann8654]

This NEVER gets boring. Absolutely fantastic comedy and acting.

[@romerjusu3804]

I love how as soon as the cops leave she calls poor Dottie Hinkle.

[@jeanandre6998]

Romer Jusu lolll right after the cops said she was normal and nice lol smh

[@RejectedSpiritX]

Now WHO on earth would harass poor Dottie Hinkle?

[@steerpike66]

Mink Stole's tirade as she's dragged out is my favorite string of Waters-esque profanities ever.,

[@brian-px1bb]

That woman is amazing a delivering a string of profanities.

[@inflorire]

“I’ve never even said the p-word let alone written it down!” “No woman would.” 😂 This scene is so perfect

[@steerpike66]

'No woman would' Is so hilariously patronizing.

[@AngelAngela]

Hornytoad 😂😂😂

[@Gemmarose9012]

🙄

[@JackgarPrime]

Tells you everything you need to know about their sex life, too!

[@lindleloverwatterson3484]

@@JackgarPrime right? no wonder she was messed up

[@mackinshizzaveli4202]

@@JackgarPrime They had sex in the movie after she killed the teacher.

[@a.b.7745]

Dotty Hinkle in court- the best scene.🤣

[@sxm76]

Benjamin Blümchen she pulled Dottie all the way out her hook up!😂😂😂

[@latinguy67]

Something is wrong with me. I can recite so many of John Waters' movies word for word. I sit here and recite Mink Stole's entire testimony LOLOL!!

[@yckfides5613]

"Did you see that? She just said f*ck you to me!"

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

My friend and I used to call each other and recite the phone call verbatim. This happened like 50 times Just depend on who called who that decided who was who. We found this endlessly amusing.

[@dontelindsey5846]

​@@yckfides5613 "fuck you too you whore"

[@RoastBeefQueefSniffer]

His movies are great. Polyester is one of my favorites. OOOH FRANCINE YOU BIG OAF

[@danielkoher1944]

Exactly! 💯%

[@joshfulcifan1015]

Met Miss Turner in 2018, had my Blu-ray cover Autographed by her. Thank you Miss Turner for visiting us fans in Australia you are truly talented and this film will never age or lose it's humour!

[@TeeBeeBad63]

Turner should have won the Oscar for this!

[@katarzynapeplinska1268]

Yes! She is brilliant in this movie. I can't stop watching it.

[@boat6float]

I love how her passively aggressive dominance over the gum worked! She made him comply with the house rules! He actually spit out the gum.

[@Danakedgamer0523]

This is still classic! remember the 90s before caller ID!

[@MrParkerman6]

Caller ID predates the 90s, dumbass.

[@dahliasdarkside1695]

@@MrParkerman6 yeah but not everyone had it in 94 I grew up in middle class suburbia and it was still a novelty at the time

[@Cv227a]

Awesome cast!!! Love Mink Stole "I'm a divorced woman please help me" 😍😂🤣😂

[@romerjusu3804]

The smiley face on the obscene letter. 😀😃😄😄😁😆

[@hrhlou]

I loved this movie. The crank calls were so funny. Kathleen Turner is a legend.

[@icaliver]

Dottie got her comeuppance for stealing that parking space.

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Good, gooood!

[@jaengen]

Purr Dottie, purr purr Dottie.

[@jasonmerced718]

Days before caller id. Simple times

[@jasonmerced718]

@Peter Neal gotta have someone to disagree huh

[@gedaman]

Peter Neal How many people had Caller ID in 1993? I know I didn’t get it until around 2004.

[@jasonmerced718]

@Peter Neal funny. Name the time and place so you can say that to my face. If not then i guess that makes you the bitch.

[@jasonmerced718]

@@jaimepardo4023 Dude your name is Jaime... Life has punished you enough.

[@rellman85]

Gedaman, my family, and a couple of my friends' families, had in by 1996/97.

[@petermain5392]

Never get tired of this movie

[@jonathankarel7649]

Before Matthew became also a killer in scream. His mom was literally a serial killer.

[@braddockakalatis2]

0:20 he was getting ready...lol.

[@kaleshabrown]

OMG I literally always say this!!! 😂👍

[@kaleshabrown]

3:16 Poor Mrs. Puff (SpongeBob) was shook hearing all that random commotion 😭

[@BooksGalore99]

Fibber, "I can't say the words out loud, I don't use bad language." "LMBOOO!!

[@ragubto2290]

Lol u said "LMBOOOO" rather than LMAO. LMAO

[@farrellmcnulty909]

"Laugh my balls off", maybe?

[@farrellmcnulty909]

God i just LOVE listening to Mink curse.

[@romerjusu3804]

Mrs Wilson is the devil.

[@romerjusu3804]

But yet she just cussed up a storm .

[@reneeharbek7863]

HOW did she NOT get A Golden Globe or Oscar for this role!?!?

[@Father_of_Death]

The production company didn't have the distribution network to allow the film to have a wide release, sadly.

[@robbiejohnson9589]

Kathleen Turner I love her laugh when she's on the phone it's fucking adorable and deviant all at once 🖤❤️

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Same

[@millers3888]

Mink Stole was the greatest actor to come out of the original John Waters clan!

[@TheAnimeAlliance]

Helps that she lived.

[@millers3888]

@@TheAnimeAlliance Fair lol but even in the early days I feel like she was the most natural of all the actors

[@benjochs]

This is seriously one of my most favorite things to watch

[@tinamcgillicutty3061]

Kathleen Turner and Mink Stole were perfect as Dottie, and Beverly...Best Jon Waters film..So funny...😂😂😂😂😂🤸‍♀️

[@fabiomaccatrozzo9243]

Man.. her laugh at 2:25 makes me fall in love with her everytime..

[@lesliebrinkman1589]

Ditto 🖤

[@perplexingperceptions8888]

She was having a ball.

[@alexfrzn4]

The same)

[@alexfrzn4]

5:46 this moment cracks me up every time 🤣

[@monzant79]

One of my favorite John waters movie never gets old

[@sycamoreleaves74]

This movie was hilarious! I wish John Waters would make one more hurrah with this quality. But it's so funny to see this now with the prank phone calls - landline phones, no caller ID, no blocking features. Crazy how quaint our world was once.

[@robc9599]

I always think it’s funny watching movies/TV shows from the 90’s and someone says something along the lines of “They must have that caller ID!”

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

you can still do prank calls with google numbers life hasn’t changed that much

[@ryanoliver1148]

This is the best laugh ever

[@chrishopkins8215]

"Pussy willows Dottie" *SMASHES FRANKLIN MINT EGG*

[@369jbird]

"I don't use bad language." HAHA!!!!!

[@steerpike66]

I've lived in the US for seven years and its hilarious how most of the Mid West still lives basically this exact lifestyle.

[@aaronc4899]

Can confirm. It's how my mother lives. She doesn't even have caller ID on her landline.

[@fromthehaven94]

Except Baltimore is basically in the Mid-Atlantic region.

[@stphnmrrs3982]

Probably my favorite post Divine John Waters flick. Too damn funny

[@zephyrjet122]

I quote her on the regular! 😜 A favorite!!

[@JBee772]

I thought I was the only one who did that!!!!!!😂😂😂

[@TimW_666]

This is actually what Kathleen Turner does on her own free time even today 😁

[@corduerorose9747]

Unless she puts on her Jessica rabbit outfit 😏🤣

[@John-kb2qq]

I know. I can't get her to stop calling me!

[@smallst1681]

Her laugh 😆

[@Gemmarose9012]

This movie is golden!

[@gedaman]

This movie is too hilarious. It’s a shame nobody has the balls to make outrageous black comedies like this now. Ah, the 1990s was a great decade.

[@Michael-xi9nb]

I’d recommend Sorry to Bother You!

[@jameswoerth6390]

Hoo-wee who we

[@jameswoerth6390]

8

[@jameswoerth6390]

I fucken larious that's what it is

[@laphatty1]

Killer instinct

[@Qtipword]

Whenever anyone calls someone "fuckface" it's hilarious!

[@sxm76]

Qtip Word it flows off the tongue so easily.

[@niysirrtonday429]

Halari fuckin ous

[@niysirrtonday429]

Before caller ID

[@niysirrtonday429]

Yesssss

[@farrellmcnulty909]

I called my ex "fuckface" when we WERE together🤣

[@philrob1978]

"whoo-wee! whoo-wee!... whoo-wee!" Dottie Hinkle's tiny parking misdemeanour completely threw the clearly psychopathic Beverly Sutphin over the edge. And now we all laugh. HARD. Brilliant movie, yes it's rather erm, mainstream for John Waters, but it's still such a great time to watch.

[@TonyGue]

3:09 kills me EVERYTIME 🤣. Troll after TROLL

[@darrenmiller6927]

Turner and Waters are out of control. Wrong on every level. One of my all time favorite movies. I still laughed so hard watching this my eyes were tearing up.

[@giuseppejoseph8890]

"Co*ksucker that's what she calls me." I love it!

[@smallst1681]

Rosemary shouldn’t have walked into her house

[@Grave_of_flower147]

Dark comedy done right I miss this type of comedy

[@DrFrankensteam]

I love that laugh after the first call!!😂😂😂

[@SaveRobbie]

Classic comedy

[@SaveRobbie]

Lou G. Hahahahaha

[@tinakym4282]

Hysterical, love this movie, when I'm feeling like shit, I put this movie on and laugh❤🤗

[@Weedy_McWeedy]

God I love this movie! I saw it in the theaters with my mom when it was first released and I’ve loved it ever since. 🤣🤣🤣

[@seanclean1625]

...and Barry Manilow on the sdtk😍😍😍😍😍

[@rellman85]

"Hello? What number are you calling? You've dialed the wrong number! Sorry? What good is that? How can you ever repay the last thirty seconds you have stolen from my life? I hate you, your husband, your children, and your relatives!"

[@endymiongladstone6832]

rellman85 I HATE THE SUPREME COURT

[@michaelkeenan5550]

GO HOME TO YOUR MOTHER!! DOESN'T SHE EVER WANT YOU? TELL YOUR MOTHER THIS ISN'T SOME COMMUNIST DAY CARE CENTER. TELL YOUR MOTHER I HATE HER!!! TELL YOUR MOTHER I HATE YOU!!

[@romerjusu3804]

Desperate Living LOL 🤩🤗🤪

[@devinpeirce7152]

That's what she gets ! She shouldn't have gotten her parking spot

[@isaacgraham5727]

I haven’t seen this movie in at least twenty years, and I was just watching this and when she started pointing out the birds I immediately said “Hoo-wee! Hoo-wee!” Oh my god I never knew this film stuck in my head so much

[@mysticizzm]

Poor Stu never had a chance; his mother was a serial killer and it clearly rubbed off on him. He just wanted to make her proud but getting caught he knew she'd be so mad at him.

[@fromthehaven94]

Making the family home the scene of the final bloodbath was not good.

[@hauntingwords]

i remember when i was in my early early teens me and my best friend would go through the phone book and prank call random numbers (nothing threatening) but just stupid crap just to entertain ourselves...lol. now a days i wouldn't waste my time. not gonna lie and say i never been tempted tho. not sure if the *67 even still works anymore to block your # from showing up...this movie is hilarious though. def a classic for sure!

[@Mmmkay9]

0:20 He got too excited for his 1996 Scream role. haha

[@TheMasteroftheDucks1]

the fact that this woman voices Jessica Rabbit and in the movie her son Matthew Lillard AKA stu, Shaggy, and William Afton I love this movie because it's hilarious and zany and it just makes me laugh that it's shaggy and Jessica Rabbit

[@bo2720]

1:01 Oh my.... lol hahaha

[@02chevyguy]

I never realized it until I saw the cast of characters. Dotty Hinkle and Taffy Davenport were played by Mink Stole.

[@chattingwithkeyyyzzz2971]

One of my favorite movies

[@DavidKen878]

Oo wee, oo wee Oo wee, oo wee, oo wee

[@dontelindsey5846]

Lmao

[@philrob1978]

I know this is a 2 year old comment, but thank god someone else appreciates that - it's hilarious - when watching it I'm laughing like a mad man and everyone else is stony faced!

[@tvfan14]

I have got to watch this full movie! I've never seen the whole movie, seen a clip of it last night and this clip and I am loving it!

[@ronaldmale8791]

I'm so glad Kathleen Turner did this movie; we need more John Watters films. The following are other great/hilarious John Waters movies, that are also frantic fun; Pecker, A Dirty Shame, Polyester, Female Trouble & Polyester.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

I hate to admit it, but John Waters' bigger budget films are way funnier than his famous earlier work. I feel like a traitor saying that ... Maybe it's just the generation I was born into.

[@IrishYobbo07]

All of this over a parking spot 😂😂😂

[@eddylindner1317]

This is one Funny Movie. So So Many Laughs. Thank You.

[@antoineberry2977]

I think Dotty was as crazy as Beverly

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

One of the best moments of character development is her husband going from demanding capital punishment willy nilly at the start to reading Chomsky's polemic against the death penalty at the end

[@miamigarner]

Ok I remade this one and added in the courthouse scene

[@sherrymay5409]

The whole Dottie thing was funny

[@masterzombie161]

I feel bad for the father cause he has to live with her knowing everything they said about her is true. But he still loves her, so I guess it ain’t all that bad.

[@loribiancone5391]

Gawd...this movie is just an underrated gem😂😂😂"oh whee...oh whee"

[@JB-bo6yf]

Christ that was Beaver Cleaver's mother I just love this movie it's one of my favorite movies LMFAO😊😂😂💕💕

[@JP-zx7pn]

This is one of my favorite movies of all times. Kathleen Turner and Mink stole and the movie all should have at least been nominated for oscars, and deserved to win. I think the movie was too controversial for the Oscars This is John Waters best movie

[@irottaalfurinn2539]

you know he played ted bundy in this?

[@user-sw3jr3ir1p]

Oh, this is my favourite movie! I love it! 👌😅

[@EarthAngel504]

i was screaming when i 1st saw this court scene.

[@lunanuneseo]

This film is the best of its genre! ❤

[@lunamothfitzpatrick7571]

“I have never even said the p-word out loud, let alone written it down.” -Ben Shapiro

[@swooningtree]

The first time I saw this scene, it was out of context and I didn't know any actual murders happened so I thought it was extra funny when Dottie said "I'm lucky I'm not dead" like she could've been killed by a prank phone call

[@romerjusu3804]

I've never even said the " P" word out loud.

[@dennislowry8260]

I loved this movie as a kid

[@atlio4506]

Are you insane??

[@mr.mealldaylong8013]

She really should've WON an OSCAR for SERIAL MOM yo 😂❤

[@MikalMullaly]

I love Mink Stole

[@hauntingwords]

lol i remember when me and my best friend would go through the phone book (before we all had cell phones) in the late 90s and just dial random numbers...i called some lady up and i was like "are you my mommy?" the woman was like "no sweetie, what's wrong?" i was like "cuz i'm scared...i'm in the mall and i can't find her" lol.

[@irottaalfurinn2539]

some asshole created caller id it's not the same anymore

[@snakebeing756]

Good movie.

[@Marsonis2ya]

One of the funniest movies of the 90's :D

[@oliveriosteinn]

I loved this movie as a kid lol. I wish Kathleen Turner would be the killer in the next Scream movie, to revenge Stu Macher's (Matt Lillard) death. It would make for a great campy horror movie 😂 She would be sooo good. I thank John Waters for my taste of humour today.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

You watched this as a kid?!?! Your parents must have been extremely permissive for 80s parents.

[@oliveriosteinn]

​​​​@@RobespierreThePoofyes this was the first time I heard the word " chicks with dicks" not even realizing straight away what that was lol. Im from Iceland and I thank my mom who is also a film buff for allowing me to watch banned movies. She even strongly advised me to rent Rosemary's Baby and Deliverance ( without saying a word about that brutal scene) when I was around 14 lol. I thought Deliverance was this beautiful river rowing nature adventure drama with some suspense maybe so it had an incredible affect on me. I think Tarantino is highly influenced by it also. Im lucky she was so liberal in that way😂

[@JohnathanRogers-yv7dj]

The parking lot scene inspired so many other shows like the supermarket episode of King of Queens and Malcolm in the Middle 😂

[@davidthebest1997]

This movie is so iconic😂

[@renaz630]

This is a treasure!

[@easfgman4687]

Thumbs up if u think Kathleen Turner would've been a good choice to play the role of pennywise in "It".

[@bo2720]

What the hell! That would have been BRILLIANT

[@easfgman4687]

@@bo2720 Ikr! Her voice is hella scary. She could've turned pennywise into more of a mystery cuz we wouldn't know if it were male or female.

[@thestreamdreamradiom2754]

‘Let the record show that I am merely standing here’ always kills me