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Married to the Mob

5.5

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Original title

Married to the Mob

Year

1988

Running time

106 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jonathan Demme

Screenwriter

Mark R. Burns, Barry Strugatz

Cast

Music

David Byrne

Cinematography

Tak Fujimoto

Producer

Orion Pictures

Genre

Comedy | Mafia. Crime. Comedy-Drama

Synopsis

The wife of Mafia hitman Frank "Cucumber" De Marco (Alec Baldwin), the irrepressibly brassy Angela (Michelle Pfeiffer) finds herself unhappy with their shady lifestyle, and wants out. When Frank is murdered by mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo (Dean Stockwell), she uses the opportunity to move to New York, get a job and go straight. But as soon as she thinks shes out, Tony wants her as his next mistress. Tonys jealous wife (Mercedes Ruehl) threatens to kill her, and a master-of-disguise FBI agent (Mathew Modine) follows her every move, and then falls in love with her.

Awards: 1988: Nominated for Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Dean Stockwell)

1988: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical (Pfeiffer)

1988: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actor (Dean Stockwell)

1988: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Best Supp. Actor (Dean Stockwell)

1988: 2 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, incl. Best Sup. Actor (Dean Stockwell)

1988: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): 2 awards.

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Critics' reviews

"Amazingly, for all its hip anarchy, it's finally an oddly old-fashioned slice of entertainment. Preston Sturges might have approved."

Geoff Andrew: Time Out
"The results are very good (...) But having worked through similar material, Demme suffers a dropping-off of urgency here (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Fresh, colorful and inventive, Married to the Mob is another offbeat entertainment from director Jonathan Demme."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Director Jonathan Demme's farcical and broad 1988 comedy, written by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns, doesn't really work, but there are plenty of enjoyable compensations"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"Demme makes crystal-clear what some have suspected for quite a while: that there are few more luxurious movie pleasures than watching Michelle Pfeiffer when she's given a role worthy of her."

Sheila Benson: Los Angeles Times
"A mix of goofy ethnicity, romance and self-discovery, "Married to the Mob" is an offer you can't refuse."

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post

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Married to the Mob

1988

Jonathan Demme

5.5

(3,164)