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Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

7,0 /10 (195 Votes)
1988 EN 119 min

Overview

Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.

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Release date

02/09/1988

Votes

195

Popularity

2.1

Three Women And A Coroner.

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

119 min

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

$424,773

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-08-09

⭐ 7

I actually found this to be one of Peter Greenaway's more accessible films. Though it's still riddled with some surreal imagery that made little, if any, sense to me, it is quite an effective and funny look at the institution of marriage. Now the Colpitts family can't really be accused of having much imagination when it comes to naming their offspring. "Cissie" (Joan Plowright) has "Cissie" (Juliet Stephenson) who has "Cissie (Joely Richardson) and none of these women make matches that they want to endure. There's plenty of philandering going on, so - well use the title as a clue as to just wh…

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