Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is just another washed up singing sensation of yesteryear. Although still quite a Diva in her own mind, she lives with her unloving husband Sol (Philip Baker Hall), her mentally challenged and emerging homosexual son Lance (Stark Sands), and her prententous Daddy's girl of a daughter Edith (Natasha Lyonne).
The marriage and family are quite a sham, with mother and daughter bitter rivals, as well as father and son. Father and daughter couldn't be happier, and mother and son get along pretty splendidly as well. Angela appears to live the spoiled society housewife life- complete with well-endowed gigolo lover Tony P (Jason Priestley).
When some explicit and nasty pictures surface of the Angela/Tony love tryst- Sol decides to take the marriage into his own hands by announcing that Angela will now be cut-off financially, and that's when the fun starts.
Angela plots to kill Sol by shoving an arsenic filled suppository up his IL' woo-ha. Mother and son soon rejoice once Sol kicks the bucket, but poor Edith is left alone to her own devices. In steps Tony P to relieve some of the much needed pressure. And of course, keeping it strictly a 'family affair", Tony P also takes a shot at poor misunderstood Lance the first chance he gets.
Of course Angela has had more than enough of being a role model and mother, but after being cut out of Sol's will entirely - decides it best to stick around for a while.
There's lots of sub-plots and lot's of comedy throughout....but the real winner in "Die Mommie Die" is the performance of Charles Busch as the aging starlet Angela.
At times outrageous but mostly subtle, Angela is a contradiction of love, motherhood, marriage, and sexuality!!
"Die Mommie Die" isn't slapstick comedy, and the dialogue of the actors is somewhat "over-enunciated", as if they were acting in a play and not a film (the movie is based on the stage play).
But, the comedy and movie is quite original and refreshing, and is definitely recommended for more mature audiences.
The marriage and family are quite a sham, with mother and daughter bitter rivals, as well as father and son. Father and daughter couldn't be happier, and mother and son get along pretty splendidly as well. Angela appears to live the spoiled society housewife life- complete with well-endowed gigolo lover Tony P (Jason Priestley).
When some explicit and nasty pictures surface of the Angela/Tony love tryst- Sol decides to take the marriage into his own hands by announcing that Angela will now be cut-off financially, and that's when the fun starts.
Angela plots to kill Sol by shoving an arsenic filled suppository up his IL' woo-ha. Mother and son soon rejoice once Sol kicks the bucket, but poor Edith is left alone to her own devices. In steps Tony P to relieve some of the much needed pressure. And of course, keeping it strictly a 'family affair", Tony P also takes a shot at poor misunderstood Lance the first chance he gets.
Of course Angela has had more than enough of being a role model and mother, but after being cut out of Sol's will entirely - decides it best to stick around for a while.
There's lots of sub-plots and lot's of comedy throughout....but the real winner in "Die Mommie Die" is the performance of Charles Busch as the aging starlet Angela.
At times outrageous but mostly subtle, Angela is a contradiction of love, motherhood, marriage, and sexuality!!
"Die Mommie Die" isn't slapstick comedy, and the dialogue of the actors is somewhat "over-enunciated", as if they were acting in a play and not a film (the movie is based on the stage play).
But, the comedy and movie is quite original and refreshing, and is definitely recommended for more mature audiences.