Married to the Mob

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Married to the Mob

R

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.

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

(All (Parentheses)) (Substack)

10/07/2020

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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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

07/18/2020

3/4

The results are very good - far better and funnier than most of what is being made these days.

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Sheila Benson

Los Angeles Times

07/18/2020

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.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

09/10/2023

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.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

05/06/2023

[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...

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Terry Orme

Salt Lake Tribune

05/05/2022

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

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Frans B

@FransB Dec 2

Very well directed by Jonathan Demme. Intelligently written and beautifully brought to screen. Whole stellar cast excels in character, Michelle Pfeiffer and Mercedes Ruehl especially 😜 Funny, witty, fast moving with lots of action, dilemma, drama, confusion, flair, twists, suspense and emotion. Great cinematography and visually stunning. All time classic

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Ed .

@RT01276001 Aug 29

Pfeiffer's fab but Mercedes rules. At times we all need a little help from our friends or from friendly cops. Enjoyable comedy that rates well within its own universe. It's not Goodfellas or The Godfather or even Mikey and Nicky, but it's funny. Very funny.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Aug 20

Funny in 1 hour and 43 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $19,700,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 17

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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dinsdale P

@RT20681484 05/04/2025

You kids are nuts: this is a great movie!

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S R

@ScottR 04/01/2025

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.

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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