Big Night [1996]

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Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5014437940933 Format: PAL Label: Paramount Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2008-04-07 Running Time: 105 Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1996
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Unforgettable... Comment: 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. Customer Rating: Summary: Food glorious food Comment: Little seen little movie about two Italian brothers who arrive in America and push their life savings into a restaurant. Primo (played by a weirdly Steve Carrell-y Tony Shalhoub) is the aspirational businessman of the two who looks across the road in envy at Ian Holms gaudy homage to Italian cuisine, Secondo (played by co-director Stanley Tucci) the genius cook who would rather die than compromise. "Big Night" is a low key comedy with brilliant performances that pre-dates orgasmic foodie films such as "Chocolat" and "Eden", I was starving my the end and will hunt until the end of my days for a slice of Timpano. Excellent stuff. More Reviews