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Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl


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Mercedes Ruehl - what members say


  • Married To The Mob
  • Married To The Mob review by from Andover, Hampshire, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Criminal Comedy Capers 19 February 2009
    ... FBI Agents, the ladies of the local Mobsters led by the vengeful Connie Russo (Mercedes Ruehl), the Tiger's wife and a bunch of hoodlums from the Keystone Kops and you have ...   Read customer review
  • The Fisher King
  • The Fisher King review by MrPicky from Shropshire, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Cinematic Milestone 4 October 2007
    ...r-stated, it's almost grim. Wonderful, wonderful performances from all, with Mercedes Ruehl a megastar as Anne Napolitano. It's about our pain, our demons and fears, so...   Read customer review
  • What's Cooking?
  • What's Cooking? review by from Edinburgh, Scotland
    Rated - 3.0 stars Disfunctional families 29 July 2004
    ...own faces there are good performances, but hardly any standouts, except perhaps Mercedes Ruehl, and for once its good to see the women getting the best of the roles in a Holl...   Read customer review

Mercedes Ruehl - filmography


  • Bad Apple (2004)
    Starring: Chris Noth,  Colm Meaney,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Adam Bernstein
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An undercover FBI agent tries to infiltrate a gang of goodfellas and falls in love with his informant's sister. Black humor and a cool attitude make the routine story fun.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 318 members
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  • What's Cooking? on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Joan Chen,  Julianna Margulies,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Gurinder Chadha
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Sit back, relax and enjoy this generous and charming tale of four very different families, as they cook up some tasty holiday surprises; love, betrayal and even a few outrageous secrets! And, ultimately, discover the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 374 members
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  • Spooky House on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Mercedes Ruehl,  Matt Weinberg
    Director: William Sachs
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Oscar®-winner Ben Kingsley is the Great Zamboni, a magician with a mysterious secret. He lives alone with his black Jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers. In spite of all the urban legends about the reclusive Zamboni, young orphan Max ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 104 members
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  • Roseanna's Grave (1997)
    Starring: Jean Reno,  Mercedes Ruehl,  Polly Walker
    Director: Paul Weiland
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A Mediterranean comedy set in an Italian village about the things we do for love.. Our hero, a devoted husband, wants to fulfil his dying wife's wish of being burying her in the same cemetery as her dead child. However space in the cemetery is very limited, so the husband goes to extraordinary ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 75% from 46 members
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  • Last Action Hero on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  F. Murray Abraham,  Art Carney
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Schwarzenegger double-bill.THE 6TH DAY: In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 10,994 members
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  • Another You on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Richard Pryor,  Gene Wilder,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Maurice Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In their fourth outing as a team, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder star as a chronic liar and a con man whose deceptive ways get them into a very sticky situation involving a missing millionaire, his beautiful wife, a fearsome estate executive, and a serious case of mistaken identity. As the lies and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,000 member
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  • The Fisher King on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Jeff Bridges,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) a self-obsessed 'shock jock' who thinks he has it all, is about to hit rock bottom. The cult personality spends his time on the radio insulting and berating his listeners, but when one caller takes Jack's advice literally and opens fire on a New York City nightspot, Jack ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,102 members
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  • Crazy People (1990)
    Starring: Dudley Moore,  Daryl Hannah,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Tony Bill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When an overstressed ad-executive proposes a "truth in advertising" scheme, he is shipped off to a mental institution. From then on things are out of control.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 598 members
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  • Married To The Mob on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Matthew Modine,  Dean Stockwell,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michelle Pfeiffer established herself as an adept actress with this colorful comedy from director Jonathan Demme (SOMETHING WILD, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). The wife of Mafia hitman Frank "Cucumber" De Marco (Alec Baldwin), the irrepressibly brassy Angela (Pfeiffer) finds herself unhappy with their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 729 members
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  • Big on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Elizabeth Perkins,  Robert Loggia
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be big. That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 24,480 members
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  • 84 Charing Cross Road on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Anne Bancroft,  Anthony Hopkins,  Eleanor David
    Director: David Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,698 members
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  • The Warriors on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Michael Beck,  James Remar,  Dorsey Wright
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Violent action story of the street gangs of New York who struggle to survive against each other. The action takes place at night in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,797 members
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  • The Warriors - HD (1979)
    Starring: Michael Beck,  James Remar,  Dorsey Wright
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Urban lawlessness of New York City street gangs is the theme of this violent drama about a Coney Island gang trying to get back to their turf after being set up for murder at a multi-gang gathering.
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 33 members
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Mercedes Ruehl facts

5 most recent films

Bad Apple - 2.0 stars
Guilt By Association - 2.5 stars
What's Cooking? - 3.0 stars
Spooky House - 3.0 stars
Roseanna's Grave - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Warriors - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Roseanna's Grave - 3.5 stars
The Warriors - 3.5 stars
84 Charing Cross Road - 3.5 stars
Big - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cinema Collection - Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 - 2.0 stars
Subway Stories - Tales From The Underground - 3.0 stars
The Warriors - HD - 4.0 stars
Bad Apple - 2.0 stars
Guilt By Association - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Deborah Van Valkenburgh - 4 times - show films
Michael Beck - 4 times - show films
David Harris - 4 times - show films
James Remar - 4 times - show films
Brian Tyler - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Walter Hill - 4 times - show films
John McTiernan - 3 times - show films
Bob Balaban - 2 times - show films
Gurinder Chadha - 2 times - show films
David Jones - 1 times - show films