A pleasant trifle. Lacking the disturbing edge of director Demme's previous effort SOMETHING WILD, MARRIED TO THE MOB is a gangster film with a twist and the idiosyncratic Demme touch. There is plenty to amuse and delight here, including fine performances from Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew
Modine, and Dean Stockwell.
The movie begins on Long Island, where the homes are full of gilded Mediterranean furniture, the men dress in pin-striped suits, and the women spend most of their time getting their hair teased at the local beauty salon. Angela DeMarco (Pfeiffer), wife of up-and-coming hit man Frank "The Cucumber"
DeMarco (Alec Baldwin), is tired of the criminal menta...
Released:
1988
Rated:
R
Length:
103 mins