What a waste of my time!!!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

MTTM is a fun, silly, cutsie Momedy that hasn't aged that well.Momedy - Mafia Comedy? No? OK, moving on.I think this is an underrated movie that deserves better than it's 6.1 rating. It was a well received when it came out, if a little lite. The story has some realness to it due to some solid acting by Michelle pfeiffer who comes across as thought but vulnerable and really wanting out. Even after she loses her husband she still feels "MTTM" and she can't get away, taking the biggest dump of an apt she can find and getting her son in public school, there is something heart-felt and honest about her that actually works.Everyone else plays their roles light and the movie moves quickly. The ending is a bit too predictable but the first hour works well. It deserves a better rating than it has, even if it's a bit dated.

Some reviewers have called this a screwball comedy. It did have some zany scenes, but all fell short of reaching the screwball level. Still, it was an enjoyable movie to watch. Michelle Pfeifer and Matthew Modine were good in their roles. But the laughs came mostly from Dean Stockwell and Mercedes Ruehl as Tony and Connie Russo. More work on a script and better direction could have boosted the funny scenes a couple notches. Then "Married to the Mob" would have been closer to the mold of the great screwball comedies of the early decades of filmdom. While it's an OK film for a laugh by adults, it's not a comedy for the whole family. The light-hearted treatment and scenes of the several gun-shootings earn this film its "R" rating.

In my attempts to catch up with films I did not see during their original theatrical release, I have reached the point of viewing "Married to the Mob", a film that I have heard about, but have never seen until to-day, some 22 years post-release. Was in no hurry to see it, and did not know what to expect. On the VHS cover it was called "...Godfather on laughing gas"...by one reviewer. Well, it was hardly that intense. The comedy in this film is rather subtle for the most part...because this film is not necessarily populated by comedians. But...I was pleasantly surprised. Michelle Pfeiffer gave a pretty good performance as a vulnerable mob wife who is, very deep inside, a decent caring person. Her husband is whacked by a mob boss, who immediately begins to make moves on Pfeiffer, despite the fact that he is married. His wife is a jealous, insecure basket case who would rather see him dead than see him with another woman. Pfeiffer moves away and tries to start all over...but to not much avail. But she does not know that the mob boss is the target of the FBI and other agencies who want to nail him...and at first they wanted to also nail her, until she unknowingly falls for one of the agents who discovers the truth about her innocence. The film has its moments, and I guess there are some funny moments in this piece of celluloid, but not enough to really qualify it as a "comedy". No side-splitting humor, just funny characters and situations that are not fully taken advantage of. Pfeiffer's portrayal is one of the reasons to watch the film...and the jealous wife of the mob boss has to be seen to be believed. Not a bad flick overall, and I did not think I was going to like it at all. But I did like it...mind you, I said "Like"...not "Love". It is a worthwhile watch...and you don't need to be "Married to the Mob" to have a little fun...thank goodness it has not come to that just yet.

What happened to Ava Gardner in the 1940s and Marilyn Monroe in the '50s also seemed to take place for modern-day actress Michelle Pfeiffer in the '80s: Her remarkable good looks got in the way of her being taken seriously as an accomplished, superbly talented actress. Anyone looking for validation of Pfeiffer's dramatic abilities need look no further than her work in 1991's "Frankie and Johnny" or '92's "Love Field" (a personal favorite of mine); those looking to see what a splendid comedic actress she can be, when given the right part, should check out 1988's "Married to the Mob." In this one, she plays Angela Demarco, the widow of a recently "iced" Mob hit-man, who moves from her garishly tacky Long Island home to start a new life for herself and her son, while being pursued by Mob boss Dean Stockwell and FBI man Matthew Modine. While this movie has lots going for it (a very amusing script; offbeat characters; sudden sharp turns to unexpected violence, as in director Jonathan Demme's previous effort "Something Wild"; and hilarious yet menacing performances by Stockwell and Mercedes Ruehl, as his jealous wife from hell), Michelle steals the show easily. Notice how perfectly she nails Angela's undereducated, Long Island Italian accent, and the many fine mannerisms that she brings to the role to really flesh out this spunky and surprisingly bright character. Once upon a time, long ago, Oscars were handed out to actresses for comedic roles such as this one. Had this film been made 60 years ago, Michelle mighta been a contenduh...