John Turturro's vaguely autobiographical, karaoke musical, set to a variety of hits of the 1960s and '70s, strands a top-notch — if oddly diverse — cast in a vulgar, foul-mouthed story of love, marriage and coffin nails.
The place is Queens, New York, and the time is, well... let's say once upon a time. Construction worker Nick Murder (James Gandolfini) comes home to find his wife, seamstress Kitty (Susan Sarandon), in a fury over a snippet of pornographic poetry she assumes her husband wrote for another woman. Nick is in fact having a hot-and-heavy affair with saucy tart Tula (Kate Winslet, affecting red hair and a heavy Mancunian accent), who wor...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
115 mins