Summary
Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini seduces her stepfather Martin and soon convinces him to join her in a sadistic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates to murder and when John Garson, a young detective starts investigating, Martin and Mini begin to turn on each other.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
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- You want to half-watch while scrolling
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+10)
Critics 48Audiences 58GoodWatch 52
Tomatometer50%
Metascore45
User score7.2
IMDb5.8
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings2.7/5
Audience score47%
Box office
3%of its budget back
- Budget
- $6 M
- Worldwide
- $156 K
Worldwide it made back $156 K of the $6 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for comedies, −9 min on the typical 100
typical 10091Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 26 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+16Released
2006
July 14, 2006
20 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 28
Alec BaldwinMartin Tennan
Nikki ReedMinerva 'Mini' Droggs
Jeff GoldblumMike Rudell
Luke WilsonDet. Dwight Garson
Joe EgenderJimmy
Carrie-Anne MossDiane Droggs Tennan
Svetlana MetkinaJelena
David ShatrawHusband #1
Sprague GraydenKayla
Rick FoxFabrizio
Michael LaskinIrv Flachsman
Orlando SealeCarlos
Jerry GilesPromise Keeper
Jean St. JamesHelga Hauptführer
Artie BaxterTroy
Lewis TanSkatepunk #2- HFHeidi FerrerJennifer
- BMBritt MorrowLois
- ALAndrea LwinJupiter Courier Clerk
Nana VisitorPrincipal Patty Andrews- CTCourtney ThomasBecky
- HBHailey BrightTeenage Girl (uncredited)
Victoria ChalayaMini's Schoolmate (uncredited)- RFRaMona FleetwoodDrum Circle (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Nick Güthe Director, Writer
- Milos Milicevic First Assistant Director
- Lori Grabowski Script Supervisor
Production · 7
- Kevin Spacey Producer
- Dana Brunetti Producer
- Edward Bass Producer
- Evan Astrowsky Producer
- Rick Montgomery Casting
- Chadwick Struck Casting
Camera · 3
- Dan Stoloff Director of Photography
- Sam Emerson Still Photographer
- Gregory Peters Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- Alan Cody Editor
- Michael Ruscio Editor
Sound · 7
- Cato Original Music Composer
- Christopher Sheldon Supervising Sound Editor
- Gary Coppola Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Richard Walters Music Supervisor
- Jim Schultz Music Editor
- Michael Axinn ADR Supervisor
Art · 4
- Linda Burton Production Design
- Ellen Brill Set Decoration
- Tom Brainard Art Department Coordinator
- Scott Nifong Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Johanna Argan Costume Design
- René Dashiell Kerby Makeup Department Head
- Voni Hinkle Hair Department Head
Other crew · 1
- Joe Bucaro III Stunt Double
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