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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyVarietyFresh, colorful and inventive, Married to the Mob is another offbeat entertainment from director Jonathan Demme.
- You'll thoroughly enjoy the out-of-kilter existence.
- 88TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThere is plenty to amuse and delight here, including fine performances from Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, and Dean Stockwell.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard Corliss[Pfeiffer & Demme] and a gang of co-stars have created a coherent farce symphony.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrMarried to the Mob is a funny yard sale of a film about regeneration in a junked-up America. [19 Aug 1988]
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrIt's a movie of a thousand pleasures - of glinting insights and sly twists. [19 Aug 1988]
- 63Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittMarried to the Mob isn't for all tastes. But for cinematic thrills and spills, it's quite a ride.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumDirector 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.
- 60EmpireEmpireJonathan Demme's follow-up to "Swimming To Cambodia" is a typically entertaining diversion.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinMarried to the Mob works best as a wildly overdecorated screwball farce.