1988 · comedy · crime
Married to the Mob
Directed by Jonathan Demme1h 44m1988
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
Our read: Married to the Mob (1988) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured comedy / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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