Drowning by Numbers

Three Women And A Coroner.

7.019881h 59mReleased
Comedy
Crime
Drama

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.

StatusReleased
Release Date1988-09-02
Runtime1h 59m
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesNetherlandsUnited Kingdom
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue$424,773

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CinemaSerf

Aug 9, 2023

7/10

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 offspr

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