Married to the Mob

R

Released Aug 19, 1988

1 hr. 43 min.

Comedy

Romance

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88%

49 Reviews

Tomatometer

49%

5,000+ Ratings

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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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Critics Consensus

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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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

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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

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R B

Fun movie! Great cast.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/28/23

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Ari V

Feels very shallow, despite Pfeiffer doing what she could.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Blobbo not get low audience rating. Film stylish, entertaining, fun.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Neil C

How are the audience reviews for this so low? Saw this in the theater back in college and I love this film. Quirky and hilarious... with a killer soundtrack. What's not to like?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/22

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Jonathan Demme

Director

Michelle Pfeiffer

Angela de Marco

Matthew Modine

Mike Downey

Dean Stockwell

Tony 'The Tiger' Russo

Mercedes Ruehl

Connie Russo

Alec Baldwin

'Cucumber' Frank de Marco

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Keith Uhlich

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Terry Orme

Salt Lake Tribune

Jonathan Demme once again comes up with a fresh and funny movie about life in America.

May 5, 2022

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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
Executive Producer: Joel Simon, Bill Todman Jr.
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

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