By Robert Scucci | Published
So I married an ax murderer is one of those films that I remember with emotion on cable television with my parents when I was probably too young to watch it, and I was first reluctant to give it a return because I feel A certain way about Mike Myers. Having grown up during the Comedy Central era to fill its daytime programming with unionized reruns of Snl And highly censored films before there is enough original content to fill their broadcasting schedule, I certainly had the Austin Powers and Wayne’s World mastered during my training years.
That is to say that I appreciate the sense of humor of Mike Myers and I have a solid understanding of the “diploma class watch the camera with a wink and a” hello! ” As if he wanted to make sure that his audience knows it is normal to laugh.
That being said, So I married an ax murderer really holds in 2025 because of its pace and almost Also Segues Pramide, which makes it a solid darkness of darkness without too much usual shtick of Myers to make it work with rails.
Wow, how practical!
Normally, I’m not a fan of when a scenario presents itself as a condescending in the sense that it must overexprate its exhibition to the public, but in the case of So I got married An ax murdererThe film benefits from the scrambling of the throat so that you can sit down and enjoy the gags.
Support for So I married an ax murderer is simple but incredibly effective because you know that a joke takes place, enough time so that you can forget the configuration even if it is always in mind, then you finally get a payment.
Women! Whoaaa, guy!
So I married an ax murderer Starts by presenting Charlie Mackenzie (Mike Myers), a Beat poet living in San Francisco who often uses his romantic misfortunes as inspiration for his frequent appearances and performances in a poetry club where his work is well received. Charlie’s frequent ruptures are often subject to criticism of his best friend, Tony (Anthony Lapaglia), who claims that he transforms physical traits or trivial personality – like feeling the soup – in line with a relationship elsewhere perfect. One day, while picking up an order of Haggis before visiting her Scottish immigrant parents, Stuart (also Mike Myers, but making an unpleasant accent under heavy makeup) and May (Brenda Fricker), Charlie becomes a butcher named Harriet (Nancy Travis).
Charlie learns a mysterious woman named “Mrs. X”, whom her mother learned when reading a gossip magazine similar to the national inquirer called weekly World News. Mrs. X, who is considered extremely dangerous, would have murdered several of her husbands on the night of their honey moons and is still in freedom. Charlie writes his mother’s interest in history because, in her mind, it’s just a new sensational written written to sell magazines to older housewives at the grocery bunny.
Conveniently, So I married an ax murderer Lays all his cards on the table by his second act when Charlie has reason to believe that Harriet is actually Ms. X. Not only is Harriet tight about his past, Charlie notes parallels between what he knows of his relations previous and the victims described in the weekly articles of the world on murders.
Tony, who thinks that Charlie is just looking for a valid reason to break up with Harriet, tells Charlie’s concerns as another way of getting out of a relationship instead of engaging with a woman and putting a ring on the finger.
Charlie he really comes out and ends up marrying a serial killer named Mme X? Or does he become unjustified paranoid after having known some coincidences so that he can get out of his relationship with Harriet Guilt Libre? This is the question that So I married an ax murderer try to answer.
Anthony Lapaglia steals the show
Although Mike Myers obviously received the top of the balance sheet in So I married an ax murdererTony Giardino by Anthony Lapaglia is the reason why you want to revisit this film. A police officer who has recently been promoted to detective, Tony becomes depressed at work because he thought that his daily interactions would be more intense. So much, in fact, that he explodes his captain (Alan Arkin), so as not to be the boss of the stereotypical Hardass he sees in police films and televised dramas.
Remember when I said there were jokes configurations that are not paid until later in the film? Well, enough time spends to forget Tony’s conversation with his captain, which looks like a joke that passes, only for Alan Arkin to burst into his office, shouting how he must examine the questions Ms. X with prudence of Charlie (or the commissioner is going to have his ass!). After an incredibly tense moment, Arkin sighs and asks Tony if it is the kind of dynamic that he was looking for. Tony gives him notes for their next “stormy exchange”, then they both do their work as if nothing had happened.
Moments like this are dotted everywhere So I married an ax murdererAnd the reason sufficient to throw it on your surveillance list.
Streaming so I married an ax murderer
So I married an ax murdererWhile certainly a relic of the 90s, still is due to date because of its absurd premise and its delivery of fast shooting jokes. In addition, for each quick and punchline configuration, a solid story is built around its main conflict which has enough room to let the situational humor take the front of the stage and develop instead of relying only on gags view and semantic word games. Although my Mike Myers mileage varies from film to film, I can say with confidence that this is one of its most memorable outings despite what its 55% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes would lead you to believe.
To date, you can broadcast So I married an ax murderer free on Tubi.
