Bob Balaban's satire on 1950's America is a riot of colour and pitch-perfect period settings that looks like it came straight from the closet of a certain Douglas Sirk and one that makes "Mad Men" look positively dull in comparison. It's also a pretty decent horror-comedy as young Michael, (Bryan Madorsky), comes to the realisation that his seemingly perfect parents are cannibals and even he might be on the menu. "Parents" was just too strange and off-the-wall for commercial success but is now thought of as something of a cult movie. The parents in question are superbly played by Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt and Sandy Dennis is very good as the school's chain-smoking psychologist. Not the forgotten gem I once thought it was but still dark enough to earn its place.Wednesday 11 March 2020
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Bob Balaban's satire on 1950's America is a riot of colour and pitch-perfect period settings that looks like it came straight from the closet of a certain Douglas Sirk and one that makes "Mad Men" look positively dull in comparison. It's also a pretty decent horror-comedy as young Michael, (Bryan Madorsky), comes to the realisation that his seemingly perfect parents are cannibals and even he might be on the menu. "Parents" was just too strange and off-the-wall for commercial success but is now thought of as something of a cult movie. The parents in question are superbly played by Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt and Sandy Dennis is very good as the school's chain-smoking psychologist. Not the forgotten gem I once thought it was but still dark enough to earn its place.
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