Drowning Mona
The death of Mona Dearly wasn't so much a whodunnit, as a who didn't.
ComedyCrimeMysterysmall townsheriffinvestigationdark comedysuspicionremakemurderdeathaccidentdysfunctionalplayful
A darkly comedic whodunnit where an entire small town had motive to kill an universally despised woman, playing suspicion and dysfunction for laughs.
A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her.
Essence
Ensemble
Danny DeVito
Chief Wyatt Rash
Bette Midler
Mona Dearly
Neve Campbell
Ellen Rash
Jamie Lee Curtis
Rona Mace
Casey Affleck
Bobby Calzone
William Fichtner
Phil Dearly
Marcus Thomas
Jeff Dearly
Peter Dobson
Lt. Feege Gruber
Kathleen Wilhoite
Lucinda
Tracey Walter
Clarence
Will Ferrell
Cubby
Paul Ben-Victor
Deputy Tony Carlucci
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