in a really neat spin on hitchcock and larry ( billy crystal ) and owen ( danny devito ) lead unpleasant live represent larry ex wife have get rich by publish a book that he write and and owen have the most overbearing mother imaginable . when larry tell owen to calm down by watch stranger on a train and owen get the idea that they should do criss cross murder like in the movie . and just like in the movie and larry think that it a joke and but owen serious . how they come up with the idea for throw momma from the train i will never know and but it a hilarious movie . there isn not a dull moment in it . and that end be a hoot . crystal and devito be at their best and and anne ramsey be as much of a hag here a she be in the goony . a modern classic .