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Dominican Rep. Big Night
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Drama
In this witty drama, a pair of brothers debate integrity versus compromise as they try to succeed in the restaurant business. Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and Secondo (Stanley Tucci) have journeyed from Italy to New Jersey in the mid-1950s, determined to make a killing with an authentic Italian restaurant, The Paradise. But their food is a bit too authentic; Primo may prepare a superb risotto, but most of his customers are wondering why they ... [+]
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"By the end of the movie, we have been through an emotional and a sensual wringer, in a film of great wisdom and delight." | ||
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"The real feast is in the mix of characters, each so finely and unschmaltzily delineated in a script so confident and controlled that even the most passing of participants comes alive." | ||
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"A robustly imaginative sleeper" | ||
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"[It] is extremely well directed, making for a smartly made, delightfully acted period piece whose sensibility neatly straddles art films and the mainstream" | ||
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"As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting" | ||
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"Both a delightful story and a great food movie that ranks with Like Water for Chocolate' or 'Babette's Feast.''' |
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