A despairing little parable about domestic abuse and police indifference, made even bleaker by the fact that it treats its main character’s predicament like a punch line.

| Sep 10, 2023

[Jonathan] Demme revs the film up with outsized characters and tacky fashions colliding with the freewheeling multicultural energy of Pfeiffer’s new home, a way of life that invigorates her in a way the insular mob life never did...

| May 6, 2023

Jonathan Demme once again comes up with a fresh and funny movie about life in America.

| May 5, 2022

Demme sees corruption-the potential for it and the indulgence of it-in everyone. Yet he doesn't neglect the humanity of the people in thrall to or trapped within those systems.

| Oct 7, 2020

It's a tonal gymnastics display that doesn't come around very often, making "Married to the Mob" special, assisted in great part by Demme's askew vision for this type of story.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 21, 2020

The cast is superb - especially Mercedes Ruehl in over-the-top mode as Stockwell's brassy, jealous wife - and Demme keeps both the action and the laughs perfectly tuned.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2020

The results are very good - far better and funnier than most of what is being made these days.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 18, 2020

It's good for a few chuckles, but no real laughs, and the predictable plot is not very compelling.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 18, 2020

Demme makes crystal-clear what some have suspected for quite a while: that there are few more luxurious movie pleasures than watching Michelle Pfeiffer when she's given a role worthy of her.

| Jul 18, 2020

"Married to the Mob'' isn't for all tastes. But for cinematic thrills and spills, it's quite a ride.

| Jul 18, 2020

High-spirited and hilarious, Mob supplies that special kick you get from movie comedy when laughter bubbles over into bliss.

| Jul 18, 2020

Demme's narrative has all the frantic intensity of a nightmare which with its constant shifts of pace and mood works beautifully both as a thriller and as comedy.

| Jan 17, 2020

...a top-tier '80s comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 30, 2019

If you're in the mood for mafia comedy with laughs and a rebellious women's viewpoint, check out Married to the Mob on tape or cable.

| Sep 9, 2019

Married to the Mob is full of promise, but goes nowhere, apparently satisfied enough with being avant-garde and hip.

| Oct 9, 2016

Offbeat genial suburban gangster comedy delightfully directed by Jonathan Demme.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 5, 2015

A gangster film with a twist and the idiosyncratic Demme touch.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2011

Pfeiffer is at her best, and there's plenty of action, although you may feel that some of the gags involving a scorned and vengeful wife (Mercedes Ruehl) are a bit shopworn.

| Jan 31, 2011

A fluffy but entertaining comedy.

| Jan 31, 2011

A lot of fun to watch, thanks to a darn sturdy cast and a director with a sublime ability to make fluff seem deeper than it really is.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 21, 2011