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In terms of career trajectory - this was when Myers was ready to make the leap from Saturday Night Live comedian into full blown star. This was Myers equivalent to Adam Sandler's Going Overboard, or Will Ferrell's The Suburbands, Jimmy Fallon's Taxi.
Basically So I Married An Axe Murderer is a movie that doesn't completely suck, but a movie no one really cared to see none the less.
A
bob-haired Mike Myers (in a rare movie role in which he isn't playing
"a character" as much as he is just being himself) stars with Nancy
Travis in this murderous romantic comedy about a wedlock shy coffee
house poet
who finally meets the perfect woman.
When he starts dating
Harriet (Travis) everything changes. Sweet Harriet's not like
the others. She's smart, sexy, and crazy about Charlie... she could
also be the infamous husband-killing axe murderer who is in all the
papers.
I
remember quite vividly seeing this for the first time on "VHS Video
Night" at home as a kid (I've seen it many times since - it's just one
of those movies that always seems to be on during the day or on cable),
and it still holds up pretty well. It's a different kind of comedy from
Myers (and a style we will likely never see again from him) and in that
regard, it's something of a real treasure.
There are glimpses of what Mike Myers would go onto become (he also plays his father in the movie - who sounds and acts very Shrek-like),
but the real appeal is just seeing this master of disguise as a normal
human. He is, without the voices and makeup, still an amazingly funny
and charismatic comedic actor.
Much like Peter Sellers, Mike
Myers was destined to hide behind a mask and make us laugh - but this
cult classic proves that perhaps he doesn't need to.
DVD EXTRAS
There have been several DVD and VHS releases of this over the years,
so the idea of a Delux Edition was quite appealing. Surely in light of
promoting Love Guru, Myers and the cast might revisit the film by way of retrospective interviews?
Sadly
- there isn't an extra in sight. The film has been slightly remastered
from it's uber grainy early 90s original... but whats "Deluxe" about
that??
Very disappointing.. and in a way... slight false advertising.
Conclusion:
Movie 75% Extras: N/A
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