
Married to the Mob
1988, Comedy, 1h 43m
47 Reviews 5,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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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. Read critic reviews
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Angela de Marco
Mike Downey
Tony 'The Tiger' Russo
Connie Russo
'Cucumber' Frank de Marco
Rose
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Critic Reviews for Married to the Mob
All Critics (47) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (5)
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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.
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The results are very good - far better and funnier than most of what is being made these days.
July 18, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
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.
July 18, 2020 | Full Review… -
High-spirited and hilarious, Mob supplies that special kick you get from movie comedy when laughter bubbles over into bliss.
July 18, 2020 | Full Review… -
Demme's narrative has all the frantic intensity of a nightmare which with its constant shifts of pace and mood works beautifully both as a thriller and as comedy.
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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.
January 31, 2011 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Married to the Mob
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Apr 07, 2018Demme's zany staging works, mostly because he found the perfect cast to pull this movie off.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Jan 31, 2013A surprise, as Pfeiffer warmly engages as the mob wife tired of the mob life. Caricatures, sure, but still vibrant, warm and fun. Coulda used more Ruehl and Cusack, but whatcha gonna do?Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Jun 15, 2010Angela de Marco: God, you people work just like the mob! There's no difference. Regional Director Franklin: Oh, there's a big difference, Mrs. de Marco. The mob is run by murdering, thieving, lying, cheating psychopaths. We work for the President of the United States of America. Angela De Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) wants out of her marriage to Frankie "The Cucumber" DeMarco (Alec Baldwin) because she longs for a life without all the worries that come with being part of the Mafia. But he gets knocked permanently out of the picture by Mob Boss Tony Russo when he slips up and has an affair with waitress Karen Lutnick, who also happens fooling around with Tony. Angela uses the opportunity to cut ties with her past in the hope of starting a new, honest life for herself and her young son. It isn't going to be as easy as she had hoped, since she is being spied upon by FBI agent Mike Downey, who poses as her neighbor to get closer to her. He later falls in love with her after he realizes that she is innocent pawn. Mercedes Ruehl steals the show as the paranoid and jealous wife of the Mafia boss, Dean Stockwell who plays her philandering husband Tony. Hilarious scene at the end which will have you cracking up between hubbie and the spurned wife lol! "Kiss it good bye"Deb S Super Reviewer
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Mar 14, 2009It's fine but simple.Sunil J Super Reviewer
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