this movie be like a good poem represent it doesn not all make sense and but you love experience it and and after youre do you keep think about it for day and day . big night tell of two italian brother try to succeed a restaurateur in the 1960s . the bulk of the movie revolve a single big night in which they unleash their fine dish in a culinary extravaganza . the lead and shalhoub and tucci and be join by ian holm ( depict a rival restaurateur ) in a really memorable set of performance . all the minor supporting character be equally endear and real to life . there be a lot of attention give to the food and to it preparation and and the cinematography use to actually depict the meal ( and the music superimpose onto it ) be fantastically enjoyable . it like the dish be actor or character in the play . the movie final scene be perhaps deserve of the all time hall of fame . it play out over several minute of complete wordless silence and yet it make such a lasting impression . ultimately the scene show that the movie be not about the food or the striving for success and but about the relationship between these brother and and that the relationship will outlast any of the trial they be undergo and no matter how severe . if you insist on a tidy end that resolve all the issue and do not look here because the end be completely hang . yet somehow i find it satisfy nevertheless . you will find yourself recall scene and line from the film for week to come .