7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Crime, Romance • 1988 • 104 min • Adults (18+)
Married to the Mob (1988)
Married to the Mob (1988)
Overview
A 1988 crime comedy directed by Jonathan Demme, Married to the Mob follows Angela de Marco, a mob wife determined to escape her criminal world after her husband is killed. She wants a clean life; the mob boss and an FBI agent both want her instead. The Mixed label fits because the film pulls in two directions at once. Angela's story is a clear celebration of a woman rejecting patriarchal control and building independence on her own terms, which reads as progressive. But the film plays that rebellion as broad comedy within a very specific Italian-American subculture, softening any broader cultural critique. The result is a light, crowd-pleasing movie that carries a feminist premise without much ideological weight behind it.
Starring Cast
Michelle Pfeiffer • Alec Baldwin • Paul Lazar
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
A 1988 crime comedy directed by Jonathan Demme, Married to the Mob follows Angela de Marco, a mob wife determined to escape her criminal world after her husband is killed. She wants a clean life; the mob boss and an FBI agent both want her instead. The Mixed label fits because the film pulls in two directions at once. Angela's story is a clear celebration of a woman rejecting patriarchal control and building independence on her own terms, which reads as progressive. But the film plays that rebellion as broad comedy within a very specific Italian-American subculture, softening any broader cultural critique. The result is a light, crowd-pleasing movie that carries a feminist premise without much ideological weight behind it.
Starring Cast
Michelle Pfeiffer • Alec Baldwin • Paul Lazar
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium
The film's central narrative champions a woman's liberation from a patriarchal, criminal system and her pursuit of self-defined independence, aligning with themes of individual empowerment and challenging traditional power structures.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a predominantly white cast, consistent with its 1988 production and setting within an Italian-American mob subculture. The narrative focuses on a woman's struggle for independence from a criminal, patriarchal system, but this critique is specific to the mob lifestyle and does not broadly portray traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High
The film strongly critiques the traditional, patriarchal, and restrictive family norms of the mob, celebrating the protagonist's rebellion against subservient gender roles, her pursuit of independence, and her decision to forge a new, autonomous life for herself and her son outside of that oppressive structure.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Married to the Mob' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on the heterosexual relationships and experiences of its main characters within a crime comedy setting, with no explicit or implicit queer representation present in the story.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Married to the Mob" does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a woman attempting to escape her life connected to the mafia, involving elements of crime, romance, and comedy, without engaging with gender identity as a plot point or character trait.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Married to the Mob" is an original screenplay, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific film, meaning there are no prior established character genders to be swapped.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an original story with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment establishing any character's race before this film's creation.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.0
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8.8
7.1
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