谋害*==老妈

　　N(ovelist Larry:- Donner (Billy Crystal) st%:].ruggl^!$e/=/s wi(th write/_r's %,block du`e to # his rese^ntment ;(tow?^-ards his
? ex-wife Margaret ^=(Kate M$@ul!gre  w), [who stole hi\_s b %oo;k and ga+%rnered mai/n
=_[stream su()cce@ss an#d cr\-:itical a/
cclaim with it. Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) is a)( timid,;?\# m idd=-le-aged man who still; live*.s with his $ov%erbearin/+ #g(++, abusive mother? (Anne Ramsey). Owen fantasi#?zes of k+%il]=ling . his mother but can't .summon the coura#ge to bring hi -s  desires in!`?to f)#ruition. As a s-#tu,dent, i!n  Larry's community college =writing class,/ Owen is given^ advice by .=Larry \#t! o +view(- an ?(Alfred Hitchcock _[film to gain :some in \sigh *t(+)* into plot deve,;l

opment. H,] e ; sees Strangers,: on @a Train, in which @
two , /? s +trange!rs con]spire to); ) ((co./mmit a ,_%murde_$ r f[or ea.$-(ch other, figuring thei(r:/
 lack of connection to t; he v
ictim w.% il,l, in 
theor+@y, establ )ish a perfe`ct ?a**.libi. Having overheard L.arry'\-+s public rant tha\,t he wish hi!.)s ex-,#wife dead, Ow/%e*n forms a_ ! plan t#`o kill @Marga%]ret, @believi#[ng @,!that La #rry![$ ?[will re_$spond !by killin*g his _ mo@ther.　　He trac!*=ks Margaret do*-,,wn to Hawaii + an[*d fol:#_lo;#ws her ont*][^o: `a crui +se .$*ship, apparently pus!=hin
g her ov#_e#*rboard (w_`-h#@ile she #!tries t%#+!o(*? retrieve an earri .ng that fell out.-? Owe#n ret%`urns f [rom Hawaii*?\ to tell ;Larry of M? argaret'/]-s deat)h and that?. Larry now "_/
ow\ es&_@q\ uot hi -m the murd:?;er of ^ !his mo $ther, lest he inform t ?he po#lice Larr`]y, was )th=+,[e kil;`_ler. After having spe nt the .night dri(nking al_on
e + ,duri%ng the hours of Ma;*rg[:,aret?]'+s d:isapp))(eara+ /nce, Larry panics 
because:?* h +e l[?:]acks a s[uffi-cient alib/_+i. Tha*t,  
alon@g with a news re\po=rt an\.?nou=ncing the police*  suspect fou@
l pl-ay, convinces Larry he&-#39s the prim?e suspec,\t. He d.ecides to % stay with _^+Owen and hi [s mother in[-! a].+n attempt to hide fro;m the^ #]police. Larry `meet:#;s Mrs\@. Lift, )but d??espite h#er hars`=h`
 +=$t*:r ??eatm)@ent of [,]him (he -]re*`?fu^ses to ki *%ll her. Ev@ entual-ly,/ when Mrs. Lift: ?dri(\ves O(`wen to@+; the brea[#king p_=]*oin\\)(t,`; ,-.%Larry finall$*y relents a#/ #n]d

)^agrees  to ;go thro ugh with the mur][der.　　After t-]w
?#o unsuccessf
(ul attempts, Larry flees the Lift ho+me when%@/ Mrs. L\ift recogni([zes* him as a suspect *`from a news broadcast \about his ex-wife'/^s%
d+;isappeara%,nce#,/^. He board! $*s a train$ to M%
ex ico and, surpr%!isingl(y,%= Owen an##d Mrs. \*(Li(ft co,/:me/*^ along^ so as t?o% avoid h_]-avi?^ng to lie for hi \[m. Du(-ring the :journe_\y, L,/arry's pat$i@@ence w],/ith Mrs[.. Lift reaches its pinnac le?=/ when
!,: sh %e impo($litely gi-ves him ad #
v)!^i+/ce on wr,-iting..\ He #fo.llows her to the caboose with the intent, of -+t^hrowing her f.%$rom the /$tr* _ai@#n,@+ but s+ tops short when she a+ :lmost`( f!alls o  f .f ^ on\== [(her own . Owen be gins having second thoughts_? !about)@ having _his mo](ther killed ]and comes to help Larr y rescue her.+[. _?? M;?r_`s. Lift is grat%!eful at he+%r ?(^son for  savin ?:g he!r, but unappr%,[]eciativ^e@$ of Larry's !*%h;elp )and kic]:ks him$ ?, r!esu=(^-`lting in him losi\n^/g hi@*s b]=a lance, lan-ding on 
/the t,`;\rac=k- s, ) and bre)^^aking his leg.　　;During his rec$ov*ery in the hospital., L@#*arry[[+/ d^ i-_scovers Margaret is s/ #ti^ll alive she simply?\? fell overboar$
d by accident and was resc;^ued$ \ by a P$o[/lyn-esian fisherman ;
whom she h ^as decided to m  a$ /rry. Much to h\;is$: a
+nnoyanc!) ;+e, Larr(=y ,#learns,
 M!arg`
?aret plans t^+o se/=_ll the rights o_+f her ordeal for $1.5);? mi
=%llion dollars. [`On t%@#
he: advi =#ce:[ o^_f a fellow patient,#? Larr:=y chooses @:t#-#o  free h= ^$ims.e+!,lf of his obses)!sion with his ex(*.]-w%(*ife ,and+.] instead  - fo;cus  ^on ;] `hi;s+? ow,@ \n lif]%e), t+_h e`r)eby freeing h`+_im of his writer9;- _:s bloc -k.　　/A y !ear later, Larry
% -):h]a,=?s ;finished a n`o.*vel b$ased o,(n his _expe@rien#?:ce#-s with Owen and Mrs. ?L $ift entit:led Throw Mo # mma ,)fro-m t.\)+he
@] Tr _ain. Owen visits an(d informs _+him that his mo(?%ther has  died: (of na)@tur%[al c]aus-e
s) a`+nd that he's goi n:g to New Y $!ork City for th`))e release .(of$? his own book. Unfor.(tunately,--[ Owen r?*eveals hi-+s  b,+?ook is also a [bou, t their exp(?\erienc$(e+s $t !ogeth(/er. Thinking his \*%boo) )k has $ be_en sc= ;o oped, an enra%ged:
- Larry pro\cee#[\[ds to s@tra\ngle him, but \stops  when Owen ?@shows him t%=he book is a $children's :)pop-up book ca(lled, Mo
mma, Owen, an\d ^=Owen-!'s `%Friend Larry with the story drast#+ :ic !`a%lly alt, (_ered to be sui?=
table f;or children.  Mon ths l
.a(ter, Larry, Owen, and Larry's girlf)[$riend Beth (Kim Grei.%st) ^ vacation together in Hawaii, refle=(cting on the final chapter@ of Larry's book.]# La


!rry and O:( wen&#)3:,*9s book;^s hav.e now,: be^-;come bes(;t-\sellers, # making them= bo`] th _succ:#,ess%/ful+ write!=^rs as w:@ell as c/lose friends.