RDrowning by Numbers

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IMDB (11,411 votes)

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500M
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Play Time: 119 mins
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Drowning by Numbers

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.

Status: Released (1988-09-10)
Awards:3 wins & 1 nomination total
BoxOffice:$424,773
Screen:Peter Greenaway
Productions: Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Production, Film4 Productions, VPRO
Production Countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Drowning by Numbers
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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 accus ....

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