Momster

Directed By Drew Denny

When notorious criminal the Momster (Amanda Plummer) shows up on her daughter’s birthday, Angel (Brianna Hildebrand) thinks she’s being rescued… until reality hits.


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America’s Most Wanted bank robber, MOMSTER (Amanda Plummer), is forced to abandon her daughter Angel (Brianna Hildebrand) with her old accomplice Dallas (John Ennis) in order to evade the cops.


All Angel wants is for her mom to rescue her from Dallas’ drug dealing diner so they can be the world’s greatest mother-daughter bank robbing duo. But when the Momster shows up on Angel’s birthday with more than a few screws loose, it turns out Angel will have to do all the saving…


Momster stars female leads Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction) and Ryan Simpkins (Revolutionary Road) supported by John Ennis (Dead to Me) and Josh Fadem (Twin Peaks). Megan Ellison executive produced the production, made by a crew of all-women department heads featuring cinematographer Ava Berkofsky (Insecure), composer Aska Matsumiya (Betty), production designer Ashley Fenton (Mistress America), costume designer Emily Ting (Eric Andre Show) and HMU designer Doniella Davy (Euphoria).

A 2022 Sundance Fellow and MacArthur grantee, Drew Denny directs narrative, documentary and commercials. Harper’s Bazaar called her one woman show turned Academy Award nominated podcast Asking For It “a Fleabag fix in a post-Fleabag world,” and Marta Kaufman’s shingle OK Goodnight is producing a narrative television series based on her documentary Queer Habits—following drag queen nuns who save a rural homophobic community from ruin. Her first feature won Best Feature, Best First Feature and Best Cinematography in its 50-festival run, earning her a spot in The Advocate’s “40 Under 40” list, where she was named “an auteur to watch.” Her most recent narrative film Momster, starring Amanda Plummer and Brianna Hildebrand, premiered in Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival where it was selected for their debut Pride program and called “Tarantino and Nicolas Refn’s queer feminist love child.” In over a dozen documentaries, she has secured unprecedented access to subjects as diverse as drag queen nuns in California, abortion clinics in Texas, climate change refugees in the Maldives, NASA scientists in Greenland and sex changing fish in the Pacific Ocean.

Tribeca Film Festival 2019

Outfest Film Festival 2019

Nominee- Best Narrative Short

"“Glorious! Momster is a sheer delight… A wonderful story that surprises at every turn. Denny isn’t playing by the typical rules and as a result we have something that makes you go wow and applaud when it’s done… Highly recommended.”"
Unseen Films
"“The neon-sleaze aesthetic of Nicolas Refn’s work – but through a queer feminist lens.”"
Cinema Perspective
"“You feel like you’re dropped right in the middle of a Quentin Tarantino narrative. It’s that engrossing.”"
Go See Talk
"“Absolutely entertaining - a dream experienced by someone within the Natural Born Killers universe.”"
Film Threat
"“Drew Denny’s crime thriller is a slick neo-noir gangster picture packs some really interesting characters and an intriguing heroine… A great sense of energy and wonderful chemistry between Hildebrand and co-star Amanda Plummer.”"
Cinema Crazed

Actor - Amanda Plummer

Actor - Brianna Hildebrand

Actor - Ryan Simpkins

Actor - John Ennis

DP - Ava Berkofsky