Drowning Mona 2000

Critics score:
29 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Roger Ebert, At the Movies: My problem was that I didn't care who killed Mona Dearly, or why. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: The cars are the funniest thing in the movie. And really, they're not all that funny. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Drowning Mona runs out of ideas before its 95 minutes are up. Read more

Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News: Too bland to be repulsive. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Mona is a dreary crash of malapropisms and slapstick maimings wrapped very loosely around a murder mystery. Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Drowning Mona takes a fresh and funny spin on the classic mystery plot in which someone is so universally loathed that practically everyone is a credible suspect. Read more

Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: The film is monumentally minor -- you'll hardly remember you saw it a week later. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Too pleased with its own outrageousness. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Ted Gideonse, Newsweek: Sitting in the theater watching this crap, it's impossible not to wonder why one bothered to go at all. Read more

Bob Thomas, Associated Press: Writer Peter Steinfeld and director Nick Gomez come through remarkably well. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Disappointingly tame (and often lame) comedy that consistently misses opportunities to do something clever or inventive. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: A backwoods slapstick that lacks the anarchy needed for true farce. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Drowning Mona is a funny comedy for about 90 seconds. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: [Gomez] extracts potent comedy from the material's more outrageous situations and displays a sure hand with his talented cast. Read more

Amy Taubin, Village Voice: Either they had something on [Nick Gomez] or he needed the money. Read more