The Kitchen

2019
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

23K

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Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish in The Kitchen (2019)

Hell's Kitchen, 1978: As three housewives see their mobster husbands sent to prison by the FBI, the women take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition ... literally.

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Gangster Action Crime Drama

The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

23K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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The Characters of 'The Kitchen' And It's Potential Sequel

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Trivia
When referring to a site for a planned convention center project, Alfonso Coretti mentions "some millionaire's kid, a little s**t-for-brains." The project would become the Javitz Center, and the millionaire's kid is Donald Trump who owned the option on the rail yard site that the Center would eventually be built upon.

Goofs
At the 12:34 mark when Elisabeth Moss' character leaves the diner, an address number next door shows 6920. That shows that the shot was nowhere near Hell's Kitchen. (Actually it's 3rd avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.)

Quotes
Kathy Brennan: Bunch of men that have forgotten what family means.
Ruby O'Carroll: So we remind them.

Crazy credits
Retro-style versions of the Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema logos are used, suiting the film's 1970s setting.

Connections
Featured in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Tiffany Haddish/Jared Harris/The Smashing Pumpkins (2019)

Soundtracks
It's a Man's Man's Man's World
Written by James Brown and Betty Newsome
Performed by Etta James
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

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5/10

The kitchen - Melissa McCarthy should stick to comedy roles

Violent crime drama.

Set in 1978, 3 wives of Irish mobsters take over after their husbands are imprisoned for armed robbery. After a weak start the movie progresses at a better pace although I couldn't help thinking Melissa McCarthy was badly cast and her rise to power was all too easy.

The movie made me think of 'Widows', which I didn't enjoy much either. The whole movie is pro extortion, murder, and corruption in the manner of Scorsese but not really made in a way that can be compared.

Probably not one to watch.