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Drowning by Numbers

Name: Drowning by Numbers
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1988-09-02
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 7.1

1988 · 1h 59m · Comedy, Crime, Drama

IMDb 7.1 RT 88%

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for something darkly comedic and deliberately weird—this is Peter Greenaway doing Peter Greenaway, which means visually inventive but narratively unconventional. The strong critical scores suggest it's worth your time, but fair warning: this isn't a crowd-pleaser, so settle in only if you're prepared for oddball storytelling.

Plot

Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.

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