Married to the Mob, written by Barry Strugatz and Mark Burns - Eight out of 10

Married to the Mob, written by Barry Strugatz and Mark Burns

Eight out of 10

Although this comedy is included on The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made List https://www.listchallenges.com/new-york-times-best-1000-movies-ever-made/list/14 - has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes and won other trophies, this cinephile has seen very little to be blissful about.

The director, stupendous Jonathan Demme, has been at the helm of the ultimate classic, Silence of the Lambs http://realini.blogspot.com/2020/03/silence-of-lambs-based-on-book-by.html

To add to this resounding name, the cast is equally resplendent, with radiant Michelle Pfeiffer in the leading role, though with a performance that is not on the level she enchanted the audiences with in Wolf, costarring with transcendent Jack Nicholson http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/06/wolf-with-jack-nicholson-directed-by.html or the magnificent The Age of Innocence with equally sublime Daniel Day-Lewis, directed by legendary Martin Scorsese http://realini.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-age-of-innocence-based-on-classic.html

Alas, Married to the Mob seemed artificious, exaggerated to this viewer, in the sense that performances do not convince, appear to be over the top, with the exception of fantastic Alec Baldwin, who has a quite short role and he does not overact…he is after all the glorious, vicious figure from the divine Glengarry Glenn Ross – where the team is descended from Cinematic Olympus, with Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin all Gods of the screen http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/04/glengary-glen-ross-by-david-mamet.html

Married to the Mob is definitely worth seeing, first of all because of the aforementioned inclusion among the best films ever, then there is the spectacular cast and there are merits – most likely, the undersigned had come with too high expectations and then grumbled to anything that met with his disapproval, such as the innocent scene in the bus, wherein the FBI agent is following Angela de Marco aka Michelle Pfeiffer and seeing as he cannot get off at her stop, he just jumps on the roof and then from there on a van and finally to the street…

In conclusion, if the audience goes along with the actors and believes their interpretation, enjoys it, then power to them…the comedy might work miracles…