Rotten
Pfeiffer is at her best, and there's plenty of action, although you may feel that some of the gags involving a scorned and vengeful wife (Mercedes Ruehl) are a bit shopworn.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Married to the Mob
They're her family... Whether she likes it or not.
1988 · 1h 44m · R
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Overview
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's 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, 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 looking to use her to bust Tony.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Demme Director
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Angela de Marco
- Matthew Modine as Mike Downey
- Oliver Platt as Ed Benitez
- Alec Baldwin as Frank de Marco
- Dean Stockwell as Tony Russo
- Mercedes Ruehl as Connie Russo
- Joan Cusack as Rose
- Colin Quinn as Homicide Detective
- Ellen Foley as Theresa
- O-Lan Jones as Phyllis
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The enormous cast is a total delight, starting with Pfeiffer, with hair dyed dark, a New York accent and a continuously nervous edge.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Amazingly, for all its hip anarchy, it's finally an oddly old-fashioned slice of entertainment. Preston Sturges might have approved.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Miss Pfeiffer, who looks utterly ravishing in outfits that set the teeth on edge, turns Angela's plight into something funny, but she seems eminently sane even when the movie does not.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Demme keeps his characters (scripted by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns) from wandering into the Buffoon Zone.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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