Wish You Were Dead (2002)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Valerie McCaffrey

Writer:

Scott Firestone (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

May all your wishes come true.

Plot:

Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper. |

Plot Keywords:

Insurance Investigator | Faked Death | Mother Daughter Relationship | Trailer Trash | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Cary Elwes	...	Mac 'Macbeth' Wilson
Elaine Hendrix	...	Melody 'Jupiter Music' Malloy
Christopher Lloyd	...	Bruce
Mary Steenburgen	...	Sally Rider
Sally Kirkland	...	Penelope Wilson
Gene Simmons	...	Vinny
Tanya Allen	...	Tanya Rider
Dennis Burkley	...	Sam Daniels
Lin Shaye	...	Jinny Macintosh
Robert Englund	...	Bernie Garces
Billy Ray Cyrus	...	Dean Longo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Basulto	...	Gravedigger #1
Morgan Bateman	...	Edna Daniels
Kelly Birch	...	Dirty Cowboy
Razie Brownstone	...	Ruth Bangor
Peter Costigan	...	Gravedigger #2
Geremy Dingle	...	Waiter
Joycelyn Engle	...	Patron #1
Pete Gardner	...	Dale Hendrick
Lorri Klein	...	Patron #3
Robert Kotecki	...	Cowboy Hitman
Karen Kucherawy	...	Bertha Drake
Clayton Landey	...	Laughy Hitman
Bruce Levine	...	Warner
Sharon Madden	...	Hortense
William Matthews	...	Victim
Kiernan McCaffrey	...	Victim's Kid #2
Vanessa McCaffrey	...	Victim's Kid #1
Madison Miller	...	Patron #2
Bill Raymond	...	Dr. Norm Rollins
Jennifer Simard	...	Cake Girl
Caesar Sinclair	...	Funeral Director
Shannon Tweed	...	Lesbian Hitwoman

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and sexual content, some violence and drug use.

Runtime:

Argentina:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Funny, yet lacking a crucial element.

Contrary to the idea of most others who have viewed this film, I found it to be absolutely hilarious. It is my belief, however, that this movie had one single problem with it that made it unappealing to the majority of movie-goers. The problem? THIS MOVIE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PLAY. If this script would have been presented to an audience from a stage, it would have been much more accepted. Cary Elwes' acting is fantastic in this movie, but he is not acting for a movie, he is acting for a play. The character he is playing (Mac) is an easily conceivable character. The way that Elwes chooses to portray him, however, is not meant for the big screen. Coming from someone who has spent plenty of time in competitive drama, this movie should have been a play. It would have been absolutely perfect on the stage.

I suggest that anyone who watches this film looks at it from a non-traditional viewpoint. Imagine that you are watching a play, and the brilliant comedy in this movie will present itself to you.

Seven out of ten. This movie would have gotten a higher rating, but, as previously stated, the story and the characters were out of place on the big screen.