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New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food. (R, 109 min.)
7:00 PM
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Chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Stanley Tucci) are immigrant brothers from Italy who open their dream restaurant, Paradise, in New Jersey. However, Primo's authentic food is too unfamiliar for the local tastes, and the restaurant is struggling. When famous Italian-American bandleader Louis Prima is scheduled to appear at Paradise, the two brothers put all of their efforts into the important meal, which will likely decide the fate of their restaurant. [RT]
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Allison Janney, Marc Anthony, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini
Director(s): Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
"A scrumptious tale of great food and grand passions."
— Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"A charming, delicate repast prepared by Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott."
— Desson Thomson, Desson Thomson Washington Post
"Stanley Tucci's surprise cinematic brainchild fills you up with its audacious originality."
— Mike Clark, USA Today
"A feast of a film done on a low budget with a menu featuring top-grade acting, writing and direction."
— Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Charming, funny, poignant and mouth-watering, this is most wisely seen well fed beforehand or you'll be drooling."
— Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine
"By the end of the movie, we have been through an emotional and a sensual wringer, in a film of great wisdom and delight."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
