Reminiscent of old Forties comedy-thrillers, it's all delightfully silly and often hilarious.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 16, 2024

…what puts this film into the firmament is the evocation of Charlie’s Scottish family, red-haired, football loving abrasive characters who take the comedy beyond stereotypes to surreal levels… an under-appreciated comic gem...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2024

...a somewhat erratic yet mostly affable comedy...

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2022

Comedian Mike Myers is best handled in incredibly small doses.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Sep 24, 2020

Fact is, So I Married An Axe Murderer fails on every level as a romantic comedy. It wants romance and a happy ending and a Woman-from-Hell.

| Aug 14, 2019

You may feel trapped in a Saturday Night Live skit part of the time; the silly plot doesn't hang together well, and too many bawdy jokes misfire. Nevertheless, a sweetness pervades the film, which provides a generous view of human nature.

| Mar 27, 2019

The relationship between Travis and Myers is boring; too bad the whole film wasn't about the Scottish family. They deserve their own picture.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 7, 2018

Best of all, are the characters who would be at home in one of Hitchcock's wackier outings: folks who are sympathetic or absurd, notorious or utterly psycho.

| May 22, 2018

Funny spoof on serial killers.

| Original Score: B | Jan 16, 2016

Quirky '90s comedy with mock horror action, sexuality.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 5, 2015

Everyone quotes the Scottish-accented misanthropy. But at its heart, "Axe" is a sweet, funny romance between people trapped in patterns and freed by a positive paradigm shift. It's also the reason we never see Mike Myers' true face in films anymore.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 27, 2013

Although Myers is a brilliant comic, any potential he has as a romantic lead remains unfulfilled.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 2, 2009

Arkin and the late Hartman also provide memorable moments, while the film as a whole is good-natured enough to make up for its inconsistency.

| Feb 2, 2009

A tres hip slice of life about the dilemma of marital commitment with just a pinch of Hitchcock providing the cutting edge.

| Feb 2, 2009

Myers pumps out a river of inventive shtick, but it doesn't cohere or connect; he seems less a character than a comedian doing couch time on a late-night talk show.

| Feb 2, 2009

Eat it with a spoon to get every drop.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 23, 2007

Like an exploding haggis, funny but extremely messy.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 29, 2005

A disappointing film that never finds its right tone

| Original Score: C | Jun 25, 2005

mike myers' only tolerable picture

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 18, 2005