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Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Married to the Mob |
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Very much in the spirit of his "Something Wild" two years before, director Jonathan Demme mixes action and romance for a potent blend. Here, Michelle Pfeiffer is the (redheaded!) wife of a Mafia up-and-comer (Alec Baldwin) who gets rubbed out. She wants out of the whole crime scene with her sweet son, but her dead husband's boss starts to hit on her and the FBI opens surveillance, thinking that she really is the boss's mistress. Soon FBI agent Matthew Modine is falling for her too. Modine is a little weak, but Pfeiffer has rarely been more winning, and there are tons of terrific supporting performances: Dean Stockwell as the Mafioso, Mercedes Ruehl as his overbearing wife, then-newcomer Oliver Platt as Modine's partner, winsome Nancy Travis as a waitress pickup, and Joan Cusack as another Mafia wife. Watch for future "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Happiness" director Todd Solondz in a walk-on as a zany reporter.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Married to the Mob |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- son
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals killing each other
- gang conflict
How much story is philosophy rather than plot?
- 1 ()
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- criminal
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Italian
Woman/class/friends story?
- woman's story
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Deep South
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Miami
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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