Throw Momma from the Train 1987

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Crystal and Mr. DeVito ... make one of the oddest pairs imaginable but have a rapport that's a delight. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: "Throw Momma from the Train" is a series of missed opportunities and unexploited situations, a movie that wants to have genuine nastiness at its heart but never quite works up the energy or the nerve to be truly heartless. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: If it all gets a little soft-centred towards the end, there's more than enough vitality and invention to be going on with. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Very clever and engaging from beginning to end, pic builds on the notion that nearly everyone - at least once in life - has the desire to snuff out a relative or nemesis, even if 99.9% of us let the urge pass without ever acting on it. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: You can feel how much fun it was for DeVito to direct this. But the movie's one-note broadness seems suited more to cable. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Better yet, just throw the whole thing in front of a subway and hope it gets dragged a couple of miles. Read more