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Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin ... see more see more... , Joan Cusack , Trey Wilson , Oliver Platt , Paul Lazar , Sister Carol East , Ellen Foley , Chris Isaak , O-Lan Jones , Charles Napier , Anthony J. Nici , Nancy Travis , David Johansen , Al Lewis , Frank Ferrara , Frank Gio , Gary Howard Klar , Obba Babatundé , Roy Blount Jr. , Gene Borkan , Billy Carter , Ellie Cornell , Daniel Dassin , Angela de Marco , Tony Fitzpatrick , Alison Gordy , Captain Haggerty , Buzz Kilman , Roma Maffia , Colin Quinn , Joe Spinell , Tracey Walter , Marlene Willoughby , Jonathan Demme , Gary Goetzman , Warren Miller , Todd Solondz , Kenneth Utt , Frank Acquilino , Jason Allen , Ralph Corsel , Dodie Demme , Wilma Dore , Tara Duckworth , Luis Alberto García , Carlos Giovanni , Janet Howard , Lezli Jae , Joseph L. "Mr. Spoons" Jones , Maria Karnilova , Stanton D. Miranda , Tim O'Connell , Carlos Anthony Ocasio , Pe De Boi , James Reno Pelliccio , Patrick Phipps , Suzanne Puccerella , George "Red" Schwartz , Steve Vignari , Arthur Haggerty

Michelle Pfeiffer is Married to the Mob in this comedy. The wife of Mafia hitman Alec Baldwin, Pfeiffer regularly chastizes her husband for his underhanded line of work. Baldwin refuses to entertain a... read more read more...ny thoughts of quitting the mob-and besides, he's got a good thing going with Nancy Travis, the promiscuous girl friend of gang boss Dean Stockwell. When Stockwell catches on to Travis' peccadilloes, he murders both his mistress and the unlucky Baldwin. At Baldwin's funeral, Stockwell is overwhelmed by Pfeiffer's beauty, and immediately begins plying her with expensive gifts. But Pfeiffer is through with this sort of thing, and with her young son in tow, she leaves town, hoping to start life anew. Upon making the acquaintance of bumbling, seemingly sincere Matthew Modine, Pfeiffer is convinced that Modine is just another mob flunkey. But it's even worse: Modine is an FBI agent, ordered to get to Stockwell by using Pfeiffer as bait. Reluctantly (he's grown quite fond of her himself), Modine blackmails Pfeiffer into setting up a rendezvous with Stockwell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Demme

Release Date: August 19, 1988

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DVD Release Date: June 13, 2000

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Flixster Reviews (252)

  • Chiefilms
    September 24, 2010
    Chiefilms
    Quirky Romano.
  • garyX
    March 2, 2007
    garyX
    Another disastrous mob "comedy" featuring Michelle Pfeiffer doing her best "Working Girl" impersonation and lots of gratuitous violence. Which is always funny.
  • deano
    November 12, 2006
    deano
    Not bad of comedy Mafia film, but Mercedes Ruehl's hilarious as a revengeful wife of a mob boss.
  • xxdebxx
    June 15, 2010
    xxdebxx
    Angela 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... read more.

    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"
  • SunilJawahir
    March 14, 2009
    SunilJawahir
    It's fine but simple.
  • trisarahtops22
    October 16, 2008
    trisarahtops22
    A cheesy-in-a-good-way 80's movie. It was enjoyable, but I probably wouldn't watch it again.
  • DrLappos
    September 15, 2007
    DrLappos
    Stupid but watchable.
  • psyclock7
    March 10, 2012
    psyclock7
    This one goes way back...I'm a Pfeiffer fan, so this was one I would have watched regardless of how sucky it was."
  • jaynyca1
    February 12, 2008
    jaynyca1
    This is a light heart look at mob that the whole family can enjoy. I has a little something for everyone.
  • shelerella
    June 15, 2007
    shelerella
    For some reason I got it into my head that this movie would be funny..Instead it was slow moving and dull.

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Critic Reviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 31, 2011
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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. Full Review

Variety Staff
July 7, 2010
Variety Staff, Variety

The enormous cast is a total delight, starting with Pfeiffer, with hair dyed dark, a New York accent and a continuously nervous edge. Full Review

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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. Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

Demme keeps his characters (scripted by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns) from wandering into the Buffoon Zone. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

A mix of goofy ethnicity, romance and self-discovery, "Married to the Mob" is an offer you can't refuse. Full Review

January 31, 2011
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A gangster film with a twist and the idiosyncratic Demme touch. Full Review

January 31, 2011
Film4

A fluffy but entertaining comedy. Full Review

Tim Brayton
January 21, 2011
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

A lot of fun to watch, thanks to a darn sturdy cast and a director with a sublime ability to make fluff seem deeper than it really is. Full Review

Fernando F. Croce
March 13, 2010
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

Irresistible Full Review

Rob Gonsalves
April 9, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

Everything in it is wonderfully right. Full Review

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