Drowning by Numbers

1988

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 10635 10.6K

drowning dark comedy dysfunctional family avant-garde coroner suffolk, england

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Peter Greenaway Photo
Peter Greenaway

Top cast

Joely Richardson Photo
Joely Richardson as Cissie Colpitts 3
Trevor Cooper Photo
Trevor Cooper as Hardy
David Morrissey Photo
David Morrissey as Bellamy
Natalie Morse Photo
Natalie Morse as The Skipping Girl
1080p.BLU
1.84 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 58 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

I actually found this to be one of

I actually found this to be one of Peter Greenaway's more accessible films. Though it's still riddled with some surreal imagery that made little, if any, sense to me, it is quite an effective and funny look at the institution of marriage. Now the Colpitts family can't really be accused of having much imagination when it comes to naming their offspring. "Cissie" (Joan Plowright) has "Cissie" (Juliet Stephenson) who has "Cissie (Joely Richardson) and none of these women make matches that they want to endure. There's plenty of philandering going on, so - well use the title as a clue as to just what happens now... This is a strongly characterised drama with three women very much at the top of their game, ably supported by Bernard Hill's rather eccentric "Madgett", that interweaves an intricate serious of - ok, not always the most plausible - sub-plots into a story that's ultimately a revenge comedy. It's a bit on the long side, and it does sag slightly when - I felt, anyway - there is less Plowright on the screen but the dialogue is quickly and pithily delivered, there is loads of rather natural nudity to lend authenticity to the earthiness of the topic and we are left with a powerful assassination of the marriage state and a clear illustration that there are more ways than one to skin a cat (and get away with it!). Michael Nyman has scored this jauntily and together with Sacha Vierny's eclectic style of cinematography, makes this film fun to watch with some deadly undercurrents.
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Reviewed by smatysia 8 / 10

Playful, quirky, and weird

Such an obviously non-American film. I believe this was the first time I had seen Joan Plowright, and she was so good. Having seen more of her work since, I know this is no fluke. Everyone else was also good here, especially Joely Richardson and Bernard Hill. I won't go into any detail, but the movie is weird, weird, weird, and has a dark subject matter without being a dark film. Highly recommended for those looking for something different. Grade: A

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