The Mona case
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Mona case |
| Original title | Drowning Mona |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nick Gomez |
| script | Peter Steinfeld |
| production |
Al Corley , Eugene Musso , Bart Rosenblatt |
| music | Michael Tavera |
| camera | Bruce Douglas Johnson |
| cut | Richard Pearson |
| occupation | |
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Drowning Mona ( Drowning Mona ) is an American comedy thriller by Nick Gomez from the year 2000 .
action
Mona Dearly lives in Verplanck ( New York ). In the first scene she leaves her house and drives away in the car. Her car later drives into the Hudson River , and Dearly dies in the process.
The city police chief Wyatt Rash suspects Dearly's car has been tampered with and is conducting an investigation. It turns out that numerous locals were hostile to Dearly and are suspected suspects. This includes Bobby Calzone, whom Dearly threatened on the eve of her death. Calzone is expected to soon marry his pregnant fiancée, Ellen Rash, the police chief's daughter. The previous events are shown in flashbacks.
Rash promises Calzone that he won't betray him. In the end, Calzone and Ellen get married.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was "disappointingly tame" and often lame; one could forget him. The director and screenwriter would wrongly assume that the viewer is interested in the identity of the perpetrator; the false tracks laid would "dilute" the humor.
The lexicon of international films wrote: "A remarkably cast and acted satire, pointedly narrated in flashbacks from different perspectives, which impales the stupidity, cowardice and hostility of those involved behind the foil of the crime riddle with bizarre humor."
Awards
Nick Gomez was nominated for the ALMA Award in 2001.
background
The film was in Beacon ( New York ), in Garrison (New York) and in Los Angeles turned. Its production amounted to an estimated 16 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 16.2 million in cinemas worldwide, including approximately $ 15.4 million in US theaters.
Trivia
Almost all of the residents of Verplanck drive a Yugo small car from the Yugoslav manufacturer Zastava. In the film, this place was selected by Zastava as a test community in 1985 , and the whole place was inexpensively equipped with Yugos in order to test the suitability of the Yugos for everyday use in the USA among Americans who are spoiled by automatic and road cruisers. The Verplanck police, on the other hand, drive somewhat larger Plymouth Horizon small cars in the film .
Web links
- Drowning Mona in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Drowning Mona at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Drowning Mona at Metacritic (English)