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Married to the Mob

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Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) is fed up with her gangster husband's (Alec Baldwin) line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo (Dean Stockwell), Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent (Matthew Modine) looking to use her to bust Tony.
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Buoyed by Jonathan Demme's intuitive direction and Michelle Pfeiffer's irresistible charisma, Married to the Mob is a saucy mix of broad comedy and gangster drama.

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Keith Uhlich (All (Parentheses)) Demme sees corruption-the potential for it and the indulgence of it-in everyone. Yet he doesn't neglect the humanity of the people in thrall to or trapped within those systems. Oct 7, 2020 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The results are very good - far better and funnier than most of what is being made these days. Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2020 Full Review Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times 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. Jul 18, 2020 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) A despairing little parable about domestic abuse and police indifference, made even bleaker by the fact that it treats its main character’s predicament like a punch line. Sep 10, 2023 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand [Jonathan] Demme revs the film up with outsized characters and tacky fashions colliding with the freewheeling multicultural energy of Pfeiffer’s new home, a way of life that invigorates her in a way the insular mob life never did... May 6, 2023 Full Review Terry Orme Salt Lake Tribune Jonathan Demme once again comes up with a fresh and funny movie about life in America. May 5, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gnr E Casting is really good loved it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Munkhchimeg T This movie reminds me never give up. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Alec B Demme's zany staging works, mostly because he found the perfect cast to pull this movie off. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review KB B This movie was pretty lacking in plot. I watched patiently for 50 minutes and couldn't take any more. Don't bother with this one. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/05/23 Full Review R B Fun movie! Great cast. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review Ari V Feels very shallow, despite Pfeiffer doing what she could. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) is fed up with her gangster husband's (Alec Baldwin) line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo (Dean Stockwell), Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent (Matthew Modine) looking to use her to bust Tony.
Director
Jonathan Demme
Producer
Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt
Screenwriter
Barry Strugatz, Mark R. Burns
Distributor
Orion Pictures, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Orion Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 19, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.7M
Runtime
1h 43m
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