Big Night
R
7.3
1996
1 hr 47 min
Drama
, Romance
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
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- Cast：
- Stanley Tucci , Tony Shalhoub , Minnie Driver , Allison Janney , Ian Holm , Isabella Rossellini , Marc Anthony
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
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