YMMV / Throw Momma from the Train

• Angst? What Angst?: When Larry asks Owen at the end of the film how his mother is doing, Owen says almost shrugging, "Dead." However, he says it with some wistfulness, showing that he'd had time to reconcile.
• Awesome Music: David Newman's score, which shares many motifs with his music from The Brave Little Toaster, and Homages Bernard Herrmann's Hitchcock scores.
• Fridge Logic: As stated on the main page, the schemes of Larry's ex-wife Margaret seem doomed to fail for the simple fact that she doesn't seem to have any long term financial plans once the hype for the book she stole from him dies down and the film adaptation - which may not even succeed - runs its course. That's also assuming that Larry doesn't go after her and file a plagiarism lawsuit against her, which he could probably win very easily once it becomes apparent that Margaret herself is clearly no writer. However, much of the film is about What You Are in the Dark, and Larry realizing that just because Margaret stole his book doesn't mean he can't make better ones. It's strongly implied that his new book Throw Momma From the Train is a far more nuanced book than the trashy-sounding Hot Fire.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Oprah being a shill for a plagiarized book, after the A Million Little Pieces debacle.
• Ho Yay: Owen and Larry. The film isn't subtle about it.^note Which makes sense, since Strangers on a Train was all about Ho Yay and Stalker with a Crush.
• Jerkass Woobie: Momma. Her horrid personality is stemmed from her dementia and paranoia that Owen wants to ship her off, which is Truth in Television for a lot of elders in real life who have similar feelings.
• Mood Whiplash: Owen's coin collection starts out a joke, but ends far from funny.
• Strawman Has a Point: Owen's right — the last sentence of Larry's book is cryptic.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Owen's coin collection. It shows the viewers how much he loved his late father.
  • Momma's dementia. Whenever Owen helps her like cleaning out her ear canal, she suddenly becomes a loving mom, cooing "Owen! My baby! My baby!" and kissing him. Notice the choice of words from her. The look on Owen's face screams, "I miss having her when she was still healthy."
• Unpopular Popular Character: In-universe, Momma is an unpleasant person to the core who drives everyone she comes in contact with an urge to kill her. But to the audience, she's the most memorable character in the film.

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