MadHouse (1990) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Mark is a California stockbroker whose orderly life with his wife Jessie collapses when visiting relatives and neighbors take over their home. He tries to manage the guests, helps Jonathan obtain offi...
Fred is Mark's cousin, who arrives from New Jersey with Bernice and immediately contributes to the household disorder. Encouraged by Mark to stop submitting to Bernice's demands, he leaves to find him...
Claudia is Jessie's gold-digger sister, who arrives after separating from her wealthy husband and losing access to his credit cards. Her presence intensifies the domestic crisis, while Jessie tries to...
C.K. is Dale's delinquent teenage son, brought into Mark and Jessie's house after Dale's villa burns down. He is part of the family that intensifies the domestic disorder and reacts with chagrin when...
Bernice is Fred's demanding wife, whose claimed pregnancy turns a brief visit into an extended stay after she falls and is told to remain in bed. She insists on constant service and repeatedly demands...
Jonathan is Claudia's son, forced out by his father and taken into Mark and Jessie's already crowded home. Mark helps him get a mailroom clerk job, but Jonathan requests cocaine sent to Mark's office,...
Katy is Dale's teenage daughter, described as obsessed with the telephone. After Dale's villa is destroyed, she moves with Dale and C.K. into Mark and Jessie's home, becoming one of the additional hou...
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Mark helps Jonathan obtain a job as a mailroom clerk at his office.
Claudia is introduced as the sister of Mark's wife and moves into Mark's home after her marriage breaks down.
The plot identifies C.K. and Katy as the two teenage children of the neighboring carpenter.
Claudia's son Jonathan comes to live in the house after being thrown out by his father.
Fred flies in with his pregnant wife Bernice, and they later depart together.
Fred is explicitly introduced as Mark's cousin and arrives from New Jersey with his wife.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Fred returns to the house with a baby elephant while Jonathan is still involved in the cocaine-related crisis.
Bernice and Jonathan both remain among the guests occupying Mark's home during the escalating domestic crisis.
Katy moves into Mark's house after the neighboring home is destroyed and cannot be rebuilt for three months.
After the neighboring home burns down, C.K. moves into Mark's house with his family to avoid an arson lawsuit.
Mark initially gives Fred and Bernice money for the city, but their five-day visit expands after Bernice is ordered to remain at the house.
A couple's comfortable home is consumed by unwanted guests until total breakdown becomes the path to freedom and renewal.
Directed by Tom Ropelewski
MadHouse (1990) · 5.3/10 · comedy
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