The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom 1993

She wanted to give her daughter the best shot at being a cheerleader... The things you do for your kids.

6.5 / 10   20 vote(s)
R
Comedy Drama TV Movie

A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.

Release Date 1993-04-10
Runtime 1h 39m
Directors Michael Ritchie, David Sosna
Producers James Manos, Jr., Zachary Feuer, Art Schaefer, Dana Cole, Frederick S. Pierce, Kyle A. Heinrich
Writer Jane Anderson

Again, like so many others I caught this on HBO when I was a kid. The difference is that this time it is NOT a bad horror movie, but an HBO original movie from back in the day when they were making some pretty stellar original movies.

"Darkly hysterical" would be the best way to describe it, especially since a lot of the humor comes from the fact that it all seems very...wholesome.

It does an excellent job of plotting a murder with a very wholesome and Leave it to beaver/Donna Reed Show feel to it and, it just works.

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