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Big Night (1996)

Big Night (1996)

A delightful comfort food movie about comfort food

7.7

Movie

United States of America
English, Italian
Comedy, Drama, Romance
1996
CAMPBELL SCOTT, STANLEY TUCCI
Allison Janney, Andre Belgrader, Campbell Scott
107 min

What it's about

Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

The take

There are comfort food movies, and then there are films like Big Night: comfort food movies about comfort food. Stanley Tucci and Tony Shaloub are brothers running a failing Italian restaurant. Their last chance to save it from foreclosure is to throw a colossal dinner bolstered by a dubious promise of a visit from singer Louis Prima.

The comedy is mellow and pleasant, and Tucci and Shaloub have wonderful chemistry as bickering brothers. Meanwhile, a great supporting cast featuring Isabella Rosellini, Ian Holm, and Allison Janney more than make up for the somewhat predictable script.

 

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