Parents
starring: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky, Juno Mills Cockell
directed by: Bob Balaban
directed by: Bob Balaban
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013023023994
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
Release Date: May 25, 1999
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 102242
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 1989
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Little Michael has everything his ten-year-old heart could desire - including a great dinner every night. But soon he questions where all the 'leftovers' come from and discovers that his dad is bringing home much more than the bacon. Yikes, his parents are cannibals! Special Features include: Cast and crew filmographies, trailer, film facts, and scene access. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt
Amazon.com:
In Parents, director Bob Balaban deconstructs our Father Knows Best perception of '50s suburbia, skewing it via moody cinematography and Angelo Badalamenti's sinister score. Ten-year-old Michael Lamele (Bryan Madorsky) thinks his parents (Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt) are cannibals. His constant fear of his folks and their supposedly evil doings begin to warp his view of the world, and he starts seeing a social worker to confront his problems. Are they merely childhood fears intensified by an overactive imagination, or do Michael's parents really crave human flesh? Much in the way that David Lynch approached the sinister underside of small-town America in Wild at Heart, so too does Balaban challenge our notion of the 'burbs as an escape from the harsh reality of the city. If anything, Michael's parents show their true colors once they become wrapped up in the materialistic, socially predatory world of suburban life. Vastly underappreciated, Balaban's Parents is one of those rare modern horror films that uses psychology to freak you out rather than tossing buckets of blood at you (although there are a few in the film, given its theme). This is one horror film that stands up, and deserves repeated viewings. --Bryan Reesman
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- I'm not very hungry tonight ...The opening scenes of this "dark comedy" feature great 1950s cars, decor, costumes, and musical score! ... Read More
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- Am I crazy or were his parents actually NOT cannibals?I'm probably wrong about this (as demonstrated by all the other reader comments), but what I got from this ... Read More
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- Unusual, quirky, and possibly uniqueSomething dark and sinister lurks below the surface of the otherwise polished surface of 1950s suburbia in ... Read More
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- Silliness that could have been, but was not, inspired.Parents (Bob Balaban, 1989)
TV director Balaban makes his feature debut with this little comedy ... Read More
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- dark........twisted..........sick..........disturbing.........creepy......you'll never want to eat meat again.
set in the 1950's suburbia, think of
"the 'burbs" on acid and ... Read More
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