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Release Date: 04 February, 2003 Retail Price: $19.94 OUR Price: $14.99 You SAVE: $4.95! Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
Big Night Reviews
Good, yes....Great? Fuhgedabodit!
Nice little story but 'great' it is not. I love indie films and food themed films, but just because it isn't Hollywood doesn't make it great. The story, revolved around the idea of compromising your dream to fit reality. Some people can't do it (or won't), but the outcome for such people is usually inevitable. From the start, it was clear things would end badly. Had the journey to that inevitable end been more interesting, then I would say it would have been a 'good' film. Instead the film was rather slow and unsure of itself. Is it a drama, an off-beat comedy? If it wanted to be both, I just don't think it worked. Still, it was a nice movie, well worth a look, but I just don't get how all the reviewers here consider it a 'great' film? If you get it, just don't expect too much from it and maybe you won't be disappointed, but don't let the 'great' reviews set your expectations too high.
Unforgettable...
Good films are unforgettable... and here's one. On the surface it's a quirky little story about two Italian brothers running a restaurant in New Jersey in the 1950's. One is ridiculously passionate about cooking superb food while the other tries to make his brother's passion commercially viable despite the fact that customers don't want what he cooks. Both are up against their more successful Italian neighbour who gives the customers exactly what they want. Not much then... but it's what goes on beneath this deceptively simple tale that makes it so good.
The tense, sincere and often very funny interactions between the two brothers are so believable that they make you really want them to succeed with the "Big Night" on which the future of their restaurant and their relationship depends. Against this background, the preparation of the dishes themselves becomes an all-consuming event, infused with the drama and expectation of a chef in full flight cooking, of necessity, the meal of his life. And, the subtle plot with its inevitable denouement is understated and, as a result, extremely effective.
Brilliantly acted, charming and, in the end, quite moving, "Big Night" is a superbly reflective exploration into the dreams & hopes of two immigrants in an alien world where their values don't apply and where this threatens to destroy the most important relationship they have. Over-hyped on its release and now increasingly forgotten it's an unmissable gem of a film.
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