The Kitchen

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The Kitchen

R

Released Aug 9, 2019

1h 42m

Crime

Drama

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Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.

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Critics Consensus

With three talented leads struggling to prop up a sagging story, The Kitchen is a jumbled crime thriller in urgent need of some heavy-duty renovation.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The characters are all one-dimensional, the attempts at catharsis feel canned.

Feb 15, 2020

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

The problem with it is that it's incredibly unbalanced in the way that it doesn't ever know how to exactly deal with the sort of the tougher subject matter, the violence, which it deals with.

Sep 23, 2019

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Moss, somehow, retains her dignity but McCarthy and Haddish are made to look like amateurs. I'm a fan of both women. Get me outta this kitchen.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 22, 2019

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

With scattershot writing and ideas, and less than convincing commitment from the cast and crew, The Kitchen offers little to no nutritional value for audience entertainment.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

The filmmaker uses the period setting to comment on a range of still-relevant contemporary inequities faced by the marginalized...

Nov 8, 2023

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Kate Boyle

InSession Film

The Kitchen was a disappointment. It’s not enough like the comic to convince comic fans to see it, and it’s not good enough on its own to advise people to run to the theaters to see it either.

Rated: C-

Mar 8, 2023

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Nan

Lots of action, drama, plot twists but very violent.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/27/19

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Margo

Cant tell yet only used you once. But will be ordering tickets for Downtown Abbey. The theater is in Corona dont know the name so cant order them yet.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/13/19

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Barbara M

Mmmm unquestionable I think it could have been better!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/23/19

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Denise H

Just wasn’t what I thought it would be.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/19/19

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Deidra

I really enjoyed the movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/09/19

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Keith P

awful casting, editing, and directing

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/07/19

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Andrea Berloff

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Melissa McCarthy

Kathy Brennan

Tiffany Haddish

Ruby O'Carroll

Elisabeth Moss

Claire Walsh

Domhnall Gleeson

Gabriel O'Malley

James Badge Dale

Kevin O'Carroll

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Synopsis

Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.

Director: Andrea Berloff
Producer: Michael De Luca, Marcus Viscidi
Screenwriter: Andrea Berloff
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: New Line Cinema, DC Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.2M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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