Fresh, colorful and inventive, Married to the Mob is another offbeat entertainment from director Jonathan Demme.
90
Washington Post
Washington Post
You'll thoroughly enjoy the out-of-kilter existence.
88
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
There is plenty to amuse and delight here, including fine performances from Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, and Dean Stockwell.
80
TimeRichard Corliss
TimeRichard Corliss
[Pfeiffer & Demme] and a gang of co-stars have created a coherent farce symphony.
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Married to the Mob is a funny yard sale of a film about regeneration in a junked-up America. [19 Aug 1988]
75
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
It's a movie of a thousand pleasures - of glinting insights and sly twists. [19 Aug 1988]
63
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Married to the Mob isn't for all tastes. But for cinematic thrills and spills, it's quite a ride.
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Director Jonathan Demme's farcical and broad 1988 comedy, written by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns, doesn't really work, but there are plenty of enjoyable compensations.
60
Empire
Empire
Jonathan Demme's follow-up to "Swimming To Cambodia" is a typically entertaining diversion.
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Married to the Mob works best as a wildly overdecorated screwball farce.