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Married to the Mob

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Married to the Mob

R

Released Aug 19, 1988

1h 43m

Comedy

Romance

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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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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

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[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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dinsdale P

You kids are nuts: this is a great movie!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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S R

It was a silly R rated 80s comedy. It has its moments, but I don't plan to see it again. I saw it since it was on the NYT 1000 movies list. SLC DVD.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Horror fan 4

A wonderful cast of characters although I would've loved to have seen more of Baldwin and Cusack characters. Funny and entertaining enough to keep me interested. Tim Treakle

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Gnr E

Casting is really good loved it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/22/24

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Munkhchimeg T

This movie reminds me never give up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/22/24

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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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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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