charlie mackenzie ( myers ) be a san francisco coffee house poet whose poem be about all of his failed relationship with woman and he scar of commitment . thing change when charlie meet harriet michael ( travis ) a local butcher who isn not just beautiful but have a heart of gold and their relationship be go great until he suspect harriet of be mrs. x a woman who kill her husband on their wedding night . his friend tony ( lapaglia ) think he just be paranoid but the story reach a climax when the real murderer be reveal and try to kill charlie . the cast include brenda fricker and amanda plummer and alan arkin and a cameo appearance by charles grodin . so i marry an axe murderer be one of the funny yet scary romantic comedy of 1993. mike myers also play the role of stuart mackenzie charlie father . positive star .