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{{short description|1994 film directed by John Waters}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Serial Mom
| image = Serial mom.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[John Waters]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* John Fiedler
* [[Mark Tarlov]]
}}
| writer = John Waters 
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kathleen Turner]]
* [[Sam Waterston]]
* [[Ricki Lake]]
* [[Suzanne Somers]]
}}
| music = [[Basil Poledouris]]
| cinematography = [[Robert M. Stevens]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* Janice Hampton
* Erica Huggins
}}
| studio = Polar Entertainment Corporation
| distributor = [[Savoy Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1994|04|13}}
| runtime = 93 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 93:10--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/BVF064949 | title=''Serial Mom'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=May 3, 1994 | access-date=October 25, 2013 | archive-date=July 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715042235/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/serial-mom-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtnjkyodcy | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $13 million<ref name="mojo"/>
| gross = $7.8 million<ref name="mojo"/>
}}
'''''Serial Mom''''' is a 1994 American [[satirical film|satirical]] [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] directed and written by [[John Waters]]<ref>{{cite news|title=A look inside Hollywood and the movies -- Female Trouble : Who Could Possibly Follow Divine?|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-ca-1500-story.html|date=September 13, 1992|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103193550/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-13/entertainment/ca-1500_1_serial-mom|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/10-great-dark-comedies-2D80555279|title=10 great dark comedies|work=Today.com|last=Katzman|first=Jason|date=September 28, 2006|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018191340/https://www.today.com/popculture/10-great-dark-comedies-2D80555279|url-status=live}}</ref> and starring [[Kathleen Turner]] as the title character along with [[Sam Waterston]] as her husband, and [[Ricki Lake]] and [[Matthew Lillard]] as her children. [[Patty Hearst]], [[Suzanne Somers]], [[Joan Rivers]], [[Traci Lords]], and [[Brigid Berlin]] make [[cameo appearance]]s in the film.

''Serial Mom'' was released theatrically in the United States on April 13, 1994, to mixed reviews from critics and grossed nearly $8 million. The film is regarded as a [[cult classic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3423267/zap-scream-factory-release-serial-mom-blu-ray/|title=Zap! Scream Factory to Release 'Serial Mom' on Blu-ray!|first=Chris|last=Coffel|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164451/https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3423267/zap-scream-factory-release-serial-mom-blu-ray/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2017 |title='Serial Mom': John Waters and Kathleen Turner Look Back on Their Comedy Classic |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/05/10/serial-mom-oral-history-kathleen-turner-john-waters/ |access-date=January 2, 2020 |website=[[EW.com]] |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164348/https://ew.com/movies/2017/05/10/serial-mom-oral-history-kathleen-turner-john-waters/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Radar">{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=May 8, 2017 |title=John Waters on his 1994 cult classic "Serial Mom" |url=http://undertheradarmag.com/interviews/john_waters_on_his_1994_cult_classic_serial_mom |access-date=January 2, 2020 |website=undertheradarmag.com |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164517/http://undertheradarmag.com/interviews/john_waters_on_his_1994_cult_classic_serial_mom |url-status=live }}</ref>