Queens: The musical!
James Gandolfini as a two-timing construction worker. Susan Sarandon is the wife, Kate Winslet is the coarse-talking Irish slu--- er, lover. Steve Buscemi is the husband's coworker, Eddie Izzard is the wife's choir leader. Christopher Walken, in one of his more distinctive roles, plays the Elvis-obsessed cousin of Susan Sarandon, himself jilted (losing a woman to The Greek) and eager to help her get revenge.
This is a musical set in Queens, about blue-collar types, set to an eclectic selection of pop hits. It is a very Manhattan view of Queens as well: the men are oafs, the women are decked out in trailer park gear, everyone is ugly and talks like they were raised by Archie Bunker.
In short, a must must see. And I'm not just saying that because I live in Queens.
For some reason the tone of this film reminds me of Crime Wave, though I can't quite place why. Maybe the musical mayhem in one and the cartoonish violence in the other strike the same (off) chord.
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Romance & Cigarettes (IMDB)
Wince : [*____]
Flinch : [**___]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [****_]
Beerequisite : [***__]
Pornability : [**___]
Obscurity : [**___]
Explicability : [****_]
Scene I'd watch on endless loop: "Why, why, why, Delilah?"
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Does your scale have a longevity ranking of how long something sticks in your head? For example, if you see a movie in November and then in February, you still have "Every day I wake up..." or "Delilah" in your head, that film gets extra points.
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