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Actors: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Big Night |
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Primo and Secondo, two brothers from Italy, have a restaurant in New Jersey in the 1950s which is failing. Primo (Shalhoub) is a wizard of the kitchen, an artist with the highest standards; Secondo (Tucci), who does more of the table waiting, realizes the importance of meeting the clientele partway. Rival businessman Pascal (Ian Holm) gives the people what they want in his highly successful but mediocre restaurant, thereby earning the brothers' envy and disdain, but he volunteers to help them out by telling his friend, the popular jazz musician Louis Prima, to drop by their place. The brothers gamble the fate of their entire business on this "big night." Minnie Driver and Isabella Rossellini have small supporting roles as girlfriends (of Secondo and Pascal, respectively), and Allison Janney (CJ on "The West Wing") may also be glimpsed in a small role. This truly lovely film -- gentle and bittersweet -- was a sleeper hit among film connoisseurs in 1996-97.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- brother
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- businessman, saving a faltering
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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