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Dangerous Housewife

Original title: Home Sweet Hell
  • 2015
  • R
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
17K
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Katherine Heigl and Patrick Wilson in Dangerous Housewife (2015)
Mona and DonÂ’s seemingly perfect suburban bliss is disrupted by a sexy extortionist and Mona will stop at nothing, including killing the competition, to keep her little slice of heaven.
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Dark ComedyComedyCrimeHorrorThriller

Don Champagne seems to have it all, but when his wife, Mona, learns of his affair with a pretty new salesgirl, she will stop at nothing to maintain their storybook life.Don Champagne seems to have it all, but when his wife, Mona, learns of his affair with a pretty new salesgirl, she will stop at nothing to maintain their storybook life.Don Champagne seems to have it all, but when his wife, Mona, learns of his affair with a pretty new salesgirl, she will stop at nothing to maintain their storybook life.

  • Director
    • Anthony Burns
  • Writers
    • Carlo Allen
    • Ted Elrick
    • Tom Lavagnino
  • Stars
    • Katherine Heigl
    • Patrick Wilson
    • Madison Wolfe
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Anthony Burns
    • Writers
      • Carlo Allen
      • Ted Elrick
      • Tom Lavagnino
    • Stars
      • Katherine Heigl
      • Patrick Wilson
      • Madison Wolfe
    • 64User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 22Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Katherine Heigl
    Katherine Heigl
    • Mona Champagne
    Patrick Wilson
    Patrick Wilson
    • Don Champagne
    Madison Wolfe
    Madison Wolfe
    • Allison Champagne
    Aiden Flowers
    Aiden Flowers
    • Andrew Champagne
    Jim Belushi
    Jim Belushi
    • Les
    Jordana Brewster
    Jordana Brewster
    • Dusty
    Heath Freeman
    Heath Freeman
    • Benji
    A.J. Buckley
    A.J. Buckley
    • Murphy
    • (as AJ Buckley)
    Kevin McKidd
    Kevin McKidd
    • Freeman
    Artie Baxter
    • Mark
    Johnny Hawkes
    Johnny Hawkes
    • Stu
    Bryce Johnson
    Bryce Johnson
    • Lanny Kelso
    Yohance Myles
    • Andre
    Alyshia Ochse
    Alyshia Ochse
    • Kaysi
    Brandi Nicole Wilson
    Brandi Nicole Wilson
    • Abby
    Owen Bourgeois
    • AJ
    Chi McBride
    Chi McBride
    • Chief Malcom Brown
    Catherine Ashton
    Catherine Ashton
    • Lynn
    • Director
      • Anthony Burns
    • Writers
      • Carlo Allen
      • Ted Elrick
      • Tom Lavagnino
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    User reviews64

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    Dr_Sagan

    Good performance, catchy music, subpar direction.

    Home Sweet Hell is basically a dark comedy.

    It's not a comedy per se because it has jokes or funny situations. It's comed-ish because of the very efficient performances of the 2 leads, Heigl and Wilson. That's what makes this movie tick in my opinion. The performances are exaggerated but they never become ridiculous. Even some weird and cartoon-ish grimaces delivered form Wilson.

    The music helps the movie a lot. It gives the proper tone especially when the movie take its dark turn.

    The direction is OK I guess but nothing to write home about it.

    The plot soon becomes evident, but there are some twists even after the final credits start to roll.

    Jim (not James!) Belushi is here too. Gives a professional performance in a rather small part.

    Overall: A low budget violent dark comedy that will keep you entertain because of the performances and the chemistry of the 2 leads. Good but nothing spectacular.
    7Kamurai25

    "Mommy Kills"

    Really good watch, would watch again and can recommend.

    Sometimes, it's important to watch movies with actors of which you're less of a fan. It lowers your expectations and reminds you of their true, objective acting talent.

    This is a very interesting watch on the real life symptoms and side effects of sociopathy and/or repressed psychopathy. It's the time of psych thriller that is scary because it could be happening to you in your own home. It doesn't mean you're stupid / not perceptive or they're super smart / devious. It just means that they're (at least) slightly more calculated than you.

    There is a slew of metaphors in here from equals in a relationship to the upper class lording over their lessers, but there is a pivotal moment where they could have expressly made it about men vs women, and it (very obviously) did not turn down that road.

    Really, if you like pysch thrillers, put this in your queue, I think you'll enjoy it.
    6Reno-Rangan

    A man's mistake fixed by his psycho wife with a pleasure.

    The latest dark comedy, which has the two inconsistent actors in the lead. Well, I liked their performance, they competed each others to steal the show in their unique characters. I enjoyed watching it in parts, but frankly I am disappointed for this potential theme was misused for ineffectual narration.

    Looks like inspired by 'Serial Mom'. When a little, strange but a happy family who are living by the storybook of their own was threatened by the dark side of the life, they are ready to jump into the hell to save it. They have ignited it, but the only concern is how to end it all for good.

    Other than IMDb where it stands average, the movie was slammed very badly by the critics and moviegoers. I have seen even worse than this one. So to me it is an average except the end, otherwise below average. Yes, the conclusion was terrible, seems like they don't want a continuation. I mean they wanted to end it all here itself. It is a watchable, but simply not the best one.

    6/10
    6Aktham_Tashtush

    Nice Dark comedy ,, the drama overpowered the comedy in a few parts of the movie but the whole thing worked out just okay with a bit of unexpected thrill.

    Loved the story since i'v seen the trailer but the movie started just a little bit slow like they've needed 35 minutes to build up to the main plot of a 80 minutes movie !! well after that it peaked to the level i expected, As i thought they would give a little unpredictable surprise to make it look different than what they revealed in the trailer, Well there were a bunch of them,,The last 20 minutes had A Boom Boom. ;)

    So the the idea is fresh, new for me, the storyline gets really good after the first half of the movie .. and it surprisingly got thrilling in a way , i gotta be honest thou the Dark Comedy side seemed to be overpowered by the Drama one in some minutes,, Apart from the dorky innocent tense comic acting (which i sorta liked) by "Patrick Wilson" i didn't see any :P but again that was the whole idea and it worked out nicely after the middle of the movie ... maybe it was just me because i really wanted to watch a pure comedy movie ;)

    The cast is nice ,, i love "Katherine Heigl" i mean she's so HOT and yeah talented too ;D, her role here didn't give her more of her funny side but she engaged well in the character ... "Patrick Wilson" also did a good job, the appearance of "James Belushi" was also cool ;)

    Overall the movie worked out just fine,, and it was enjoyable on an bit above average.
    7TheJonesBones

    Mom is So Hot and So Homicidal!

    This movie is a hidden gem - one that I'll watch over and over again. Why? Because homicidal hot chicks are SO awesome - especially when they keep a tidy home and healthy family, too!

    So, what's best about "Home Sweet Hell"? Everything really since I encountered nothing that failed to entertain me. You'll especially enjoy Katherine Heigl as Mona Champagne - the hottest murderous matriarch since "Serial Mom"! Patrick Wilson seems to play himself as Don Champagne - although I'm sure he's much more assertive in real life. Right?

    I also liked to see Jim Belushi (Les) since I hadn't watched him in a while. He always leaves an impression, and Jordana Brewster is uber-hot and uber-naked as Dusty - oh, her performance is well done, too ;-)

    Watch this movie for effect. Mrs. Champagne would definitely approve of this film's many fine qualities!

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    • Trivia
      Katherine Heigl real life husband 'Josh Kelly' provided all soundtracks for this film.
    • Goofs
      Blood would not spurt as high and far as is does during the chainsaw disposal scene from a body that's been dead so long.
    • Quotes

      Don Champagne: You're just being paranoid.

      Mona Champagne: Heh, heh. Well, paranoia is just total awareness.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a further plot development in the soundtrack of the Ending Credits.
    • Soundtracks
      More Than the Moon and Stars
      Performed by Josh Kelley

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Épouse et serial killer
    • Filming locations
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Darko Entertainment
      • Donnybrook4 Productions
      • Hollywood Media Bridge
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $28,757
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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