So I Married an Axe Murderer



Charlie McKenzie is a beat poet living in San Francisco, after having broken up with yet another girl based on paranoid perception. His policeman friend Tony tries to point out the pattern; that Charlie simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of, or invent, any reason to break up with someone. Things pick up again when Charlie meets a butcher named Harriet, and becomes infatuated instantly. As the plot continues, Tony realizes that Harriet may be the mysterious "Mrs. X", a Black Widow who had married and killed multiple husbands. After marrying Harriet, Hilarity Ensues when both Charlie and Tony try to discover if Charlie is in love with a serial man-killer.

Released in 1993, the movie starred Mike Myers as Charlie, Nancy Travis as Harriet, and Anthony LaPaglia as Tony. It was a box-office disappointment as it earned less than half of the movie budget while on the big screen.

Several well-known personalities made cameo shots, including Steven Wright, Alan Arkin, Charles Grodin, and Phil Hartman.

This film contains examples of:

 * Acting for Two: Mike Myers as Charlie and Charlie's dad.
 * The Alcatraz: Charlie and Tony do the guided tour of the prison. They always try to get the one lead by Ranger John 'Vicki' Johnson.
 * Ax Crazy: Mrs. X
 * Beware the Nice Ones:.
 * Black Widow: Mike Meyers parodies the trope -- his character believes he is dating the mysterious "Mrs. X."
 * Conspiracy Theorist: Charlie's dad. "Oh, I hated the Colonel - with his wee beady eyes, and that smug look on his face."
 * Da Chief: Parodied - A police detective expresses dissatisfaction that his job is not more like the movies - partly because his boss, far from this trope, is a pleasant, amiable and good-natured administrator with an easy-going temper.
 * Everything's Louder With Bagpipes: Charlie's wedding party has his dad (also play by Mike Myers) singing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" accompanied by bagpipes. When the old player drops, dad announces "We have a piper down!"
 * Flashed Badge Hijack: Subverted when a cop stops a passing motorist, but can't get him to give up his vehicle. He has to settle for getting a ride from the driver to the crime-in-progress.
 * Foot Popping: Charlie, kissing his bride at the altar, dressed in a kilt.
 * Friends Rent Control: Charlie appears to be a full-time beat poet (and doesn't apparently work very hard at it), and yet can afford a nice apartment in San Francisco. Probably also applies to Harriet and her sister, who have an ENORMOUS loft in the same city.
 * Giftedly Bad: Charlie and his poetry.
 * Groin Attack: Inverted when Charlie is struck there by a female opponent. He responds in kind and it's shown to have an effect.
 * Love Makes You Evil: The hidden setup as we find out in The Reveal. It is questionable, however, on whether, who is the culprit is actually insane the whole time.
 * Lurid Tales of Doom: The entire premise of the film is triggered by a sensational story in the Weekly World News, which turns out to be true.
 * Minor Flaw Major Breakup: This is something of a recurring gag for the main character, and it even foreshadows things that are to come later in the movie.
 * Mistaken for Murderer: The premise of the film.
 * Precision F-Strike: When an axe thuds into the dresser right in front of Mike Myers and he shouts "What the Fuck?!"
 * Psychotic Lover: Harriet, who becomes a bit unhinged after winning over Charlie.
 * In a subversion, this is because.
 * San Francisco: The main setting for the movie (and a lot of it was filmed there as well).
 * Talking in Your Sleep: Charlie is awakened by Harriet shouting "RALPH!" in her sleep.
 * Violent Glaswegian: According to Charlie, the Scots have their own form of martial arts called "Fuck-You" which is comprised of "...mostly headbutts, and then kicking the other person when they're on the ground."
 * What Exactly Is His Job: Charlie Mackenzie must have a job, right? Some kind of job...other than...occasional poet.