Mike Myers plays Charlie MacKenzie, a commitment-phobic poet who thinks that in Harriet Michaels, a sensationally charming butcher, he’s finally found someone that he can spend his life with… until his parents convince him that she could be “MRS. X,” the serial honeymoon killer! He laughs it off, assuming that their ravenous consumption of tabloid sensationalism has simply made mom and pop paranoid, but after he proposes to Harriet, he becomes increasingly suspicious of her intentions. The premise is that simple, but Myers expands the gag to ludicrous, nonsensical limits, warping rom-com conventions to his mad whims. Expect comedian cameos around every corner in this ultra-’90s popcorn picture, including Phil Hartman, Charles Grodin, Steven Wright, and – apologies to all – Michael Richards.

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