Parents (1989)
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In this bizarre and very black comedy set in 1950s suburbia, Michael Laemle (Bryan Madorsky) comes to suspect that his conventional parents (Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt) have a little secret which they have kept from him. Nothing too major - - just that they happen to be cannibals. It seems that Dad has been bringing home some extra meat from his place of work, a mortuary. As the lad grows ever more hysterical, he confesses his suspicions to the school psychologist (Sandy Dennis). She ridicules his notions and even comes to the house to show him how foolish he's being. Instead, she becomes an entree in the next family dinner, as Michael's parents attempt to indoctrinate him into their odd lifestyle. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, (more)
- Director(s):
- Bob Balaban
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Synopsis of Parents
In this bizarre and very black comedy set in 1950s suburbia, Michael Laemle (Bryan Madorsky) comes to suspect that his conventional parents (Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt) have a little secret which they have kept from him. Nothing too major - - just that they happen to be cannibals. It seems that Dad has been bringing home some extra meat from his place of work, a mortuary. As the lad grows ever more hysterical, he confesses his suspicions to the school psychologist (Sandy Dennis). She ridicules his notions and even comes to the house to show him how foolish he's being. Instead, she becomes an entree in the next family dinner, as Michael's parents attempt to indoctrinate him into their odd lifestyle. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Complete Cast of Parents
- Randy Quaid - Nick Laemle
- Sandy Dennis - Millie Dew
- Juno Mills-Cockell - Sheila Zellner
- Deborah Rush - Mrs. Zellner
- Mariah Balaban - Little Girl
- Wayne Robson - Lab Attendant
- Larry Palef - Announcer
- Mary Beth Hurt - Lily Laemle
- Bryan Madorsky - Michael Laemle
- Kathryn Grody - Miss Baxter
- Graham Jarvis - Mr. Zellner
- Uriel Byfield - Little Boy
- Warren Van Evera - Grandfather
- Helen Carscallen - Grandmother
- Director(s):
- Bob Balaban
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Hawthorne
- Producer(s):
- Bonnie Palef-Woolf, Steven E. Reuther, Mitchell Cannold
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language)
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