谋害#老妈

剧情简介

　　Novelist Lar=*ry Donner =(Billy Cr y+stal) stru=.ggl#es with w?ri+)t,er's;?_ ] bl\%`+ock due to his resentm*e-?nt t;;#owards his e!!x-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew)/
, ,who stole his book an!]d g;[a`$,rnered mainstream success an/(d critica+l acclaim wi/ th i-t.
 Owen Lift (Da=;]nny DeVi
t!` $o) is a ti _%mid, middle-aged man w$\:?ho still lives :w\$it+!h his ove#!rbeari(:ng, abusive m`other (A$_nne Ramsey). Owen ,fantasizes of ,%^k($il$lin/g @@his mother @but c//an&#\ 39`-`^t summo/=n the courage+% to bring hi#/s d*;#esir=^es in-=t]o #$^fruition. As a st?-#udent@ i.+n Lar:ry's?+. commu-] ;nit%!?y c; .ol]le`ge wri - tin`g cla.-ss, Owen i+_?s gi!ven advi
ce by Larry to view* an Alfred Hi,tchcock film to @-+/g!#_ain some insight% into*[ plo+/t develop($.men;=;*t. He sees Stran)ge=!@([rs on a Train, in @/which two s=tran+;gers @cons?^pire to comm*_it % +a/*,#* murder for e%ach ot$!her,^ figuring their)
 lack of connection @$to the =  victim will, (in theor=% [y, est`ablish a perf
,ect a!.l-.ibi. Ha#*vi
n^$!g o;_+verheard =!Larry's p#:u,blic rant ??_that he wish his ex(_.-,wife d:
$ead, Owen?=, forms ?a plan to kill
 $-/M$)arg,aret, believing that:__ Larry will$ r`espond by killing* ( [h#`is mother.　=　He ($tracks /Ma?;(]rgar`?et do,# wn to H@@awaii and fo#*!ll
-;ows *her on$to a c@?-r uise ship, apparent _];ly%_ %pushing?*@: her^ overboard wh=.$^)ile s
he tr+ies*] to re ;:
trieve an]! earrin^`g that fell out= . Owen ret;urns from Ha?%/waii to tell Lar/# .ry!$$ of M^^;arg$:
\aret's death and]( that ^,$L, arry  ( now &q `uot*owes&qu; o)-t him the murd%??er of his= mother, le)^s t ;,)
he_: i`*nform t)he police )-_Larry was the kille. +r. Af:)?t^+er having spent the.;# nigh[,t\_ dri_nki\#-ng[ alone) during the[_ hours of Margar??%et=: 9s disappearance, Larry pa)
!nics bec-ause he lacks a suffi]cie@%$nt alibi.@. Tha [:t, \along with a n(@ ews report an] /!nou
^+n]= ?cing t:]he ,po%lice s-`-u@\s :pect :foul p]lay,. ,`c.on@vinces] L%^arry ;h:,e&#)39s the p(^ri\.
me suspec@t. He decides t^o= st:_ay wit:$h O*-)wen and hi.-@s moth+er in a!]^;n attempt to hide from( t
h@ e police. Larry mee \@ts,$ !Mrs. $?(!Lif?,t, b@ut des#]pite h /er harsh treat.(me_^(nt of )hi= #m he (_#ref[!uses to kill,` her. Ev,?%#entually, whe
;n/ Mr(
\s. Lift \\\d@_r(i;v%?es Owen @to t%_he b=reaki=ng p!\[oin
t, Larr-y finally re!lents and ag/ *rees to go t hroug^h w@ith the :[murder.　　A #-fter
 two @`unsuccessf-$$ul a^?ttempts, L%^*^arry!. flees,=- *the Lift` home ,@when M:r_ s@ =. Lift recognizes him ?as a suspect from ]
+a n/ews broadcast abou[t his e,x\@=-wif;;e?9s disappearance. H%e boards a train]#, to M_%[exico and,_ s-+ur%
:prisingly, Owen and ,?Mrs. Lift come along_-[ s@o as=-+ to a/vo_
;.#id havi!+n;/
g to lie for him. *During the journey
*, La@*rry#$)'s patienc@`?e with Mrs. L[^ift re?aches its pi :nnacle when she ?,!im\;p olitely gives him- advic` =e.+ on writi$]ng. He follows :her to t-(\-he cab oose with the intent of` throwing her from- the t rain, bu$t ; stops short `when s/^h ^e almost falls ;off on ? her own .!_ Owen\] b+?e[-gins ha[?ving second /#thoughts about having his mother kill]-^ed-
:: and com!\:es to)* he$$lp Larry rescue her. Mr[%s. Lift$$ is g;*ra))teful at h\er :@s-%on for -saving ``:$;her, but unap
)precia
-tive of Larry's he]lp\=!`
,and 
k/=icks him, resulting =  in him[] _ losing@: hi s balance, landing \[on the tracks, ?and breakin! g his leg.　　\D^]uring hi(+s re covery] in t# ^he hosp*.ital,=( L,arr-[ y disco^+vers Margaret is! sti!ll %(:alive [=+sh $-e simply fell over:-board by a-cc(i*dent and was rescue d /by .a]=, Polyn?esia%n fish]erm?::an who # m s_he has decide d to mar+\]ry. Much )*/! to hi (!s (+:ann;:oyanc e, L:]a_?rry learns %*Margaret./^^ plans to sell,/ @the  rights o)f her !.\ordeal for $1.5 milli*,on d!ollars+. On t\,=he a[^dvice of a f$ ellow pa!ti#!$e
nt?=!, La%:rr^#y^@ choos.=)es  :_to free himself of=]^] his obses+sion with h.`!is ^+ex-wife and instea[]d focus on h  is own life, @?thereby!] f`\reeing him of )his wri,^ter&#$`^39s $bl*=@[ ock .　　A y^ear later, Larry h
)-as finished a ;
novel based =on his ex
periences w[%it)h Ow_en and *Mrs].( Lift# entitled T?$]hrow Mom,=(ma from t#*he Train.+ O
(;wen vi*$sits an-d inf^( orms him tha=# t his `$+mo the[r-( has* \_d] ,ied (of natural causes) and th_at he&.!#39s goin^;!g to New York`  City for :t)-h \e release of his own;[ book. /= U^:nfortu^/nately, Owen `@reveals%/ his boo % k is `[\also about thei]r *)e$xperi_`ences togeth`[er. Think+i ng his boo \k has.  been scoo!:)ped, an enra%-ge`.$d Lar+ ry proceeds to stra :ng.*]le ,him, but stop  s !when Owen `show/,s h,;\im the book is a childr[`en's pop`-up book_ ca@ll-^ed @, Momma,%$* Owen, and Owe$#n' %:$s Fr:ie\/%nd Larry with]%( the s;@\!tory ^-.:drast?icall](_y altered to be su itable for chi
$ ldren. Mon(ths later, *%Larry, Owe)!.n, and Lar#[ry& #3]9s girlfri!\@_end Beth (Kim Greist
) vacation together =in Ha w\aii, reflecting on \$the final chapt!.er %o *^f Larr!y&#-#39s book.$\? Larry and, (Owen_'s +/=books =$have now become bes-t-sellers, making them both#= successful[ writers a,s well *as cl%ose fri`en(ds.