Drowning Mona Image
Metascore

Generally unfavorable - based on 32 Critics

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

Summary: Mona Dearly, a spiteful, loud-mouthed, unpopular woman dies when the car she is driving in plunges off a cliff and into a river near the small upstate New York town where she lives. Wyatt Rash, the local police chief, investivates and suspects foul play in Mona's death and tries to contain the whole town whom all are suspects who include Wyatt's daughter Ellen, who is going to marry landscape artist Bobby Calzone whose business was suffering from his lazy business partner, Jeff, Mona's slow-witted son, as well as waitress Rona Mace, who was having an affair with Mona's husband.
Runtime: 96 min
Rating: Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, language and brief sexuality.
Production: Code Entertainment
Genres: Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Language: English
Home Release Date: Jul 25, 2000
Director Credit
Nick Gomez Director
Writer Credit
Peter Steinfeld Written By
Principal Cast Credit
Bette Midler Mona Dearly
Danny DeVito Chief Wyatt Rash
Cast Credit
Casey Affleck Bobby Calzone
Jamie Lee Curtis Rona Mace
Kathleen Wilhoite Lucinda
Marcus Thomas Jeff Dearly
Mark Pellegrino Murph Calzone
Neve Campbell Ellen Rash
Paul Ben-Victor Deputy Tony Carlucci
Paul Schulze Deputy Jimmy D.
Peter Dobson Lt. Feege Gruber
Raymond O'Connor Father Tom Stowick
Tracey Walter Clarence
Will Ferrell Cubby The Funeral Director
William Fichtner Phil Dearly
Producer Credit
Al Corley Producer
Bart Rosenblatt Producer
Danny DeVito Executive Producer
Eugene Musso Producer
Jonathan Weisgal Executive Producer
Michael Shamberg Executive Producer
Stacey Sher Executive Producer
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