i be surprise with the amount of negative review on this film . if you do not like this movie for what it be a silly and over the top and mob story then you be simply read too much into it . this film be a classic tale of a mob wife try to escape the life and the trouble that follow her . michelle pfeiffer be terrificly 80 jersey and who be an uncertain and uncomfortable mob wife while matthew modine be an anal retentive like mob track cop who fall for her . the plot be mostly predictable and cutesy and mercedes ruel steal the show a the queen of mob wife . if you aren not look for something too dynamic and complex and this movie be absolutely entertaining and an 80 cult classic . you would not be able to stop watching if you start .