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The Kitchen

Play trailer 1:31 Poster for The Kitchen R 2019 1h 42m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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23% Tomatometer 231 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Verified Ratings
Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.

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With three talented leads struggling to prop up a sagging story, The Kitchen is a jumbled crime thriller in urgent need of some heavy-duty renovation.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader 02/15/2020
The characters are all one-dimensional, the attempts at catharsis feel canned. Go to Full Review Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review 09/23/2019
The problem with it is that it's incredibly unbalanced in the way that it doesn't ever know how to exactly deal with the sort of the tougher subject matter, the violence, which it deals with. Go to Full Review Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard 09/22/2019
2/5
Moss, somehow, retains her dignity but McCarthy and Haddish are made to look like amateurs. I'm a fan of both women. Get me outta this kitchen. Go to Full Review Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) 07/14/2024
1/5
With scattershot writing and ideas, and less than convincing commitment from the cast and crew, The Kitchen offers little to no nutritional value for audience entertainment. Go to Full Review Greg Carlson Vague Visages 11/08/2023
The filmmaker uses the period setting to comment on a range of still-relevant contemporary inequities faced by the marginalized... Go to Full Review Kate Boyle InSession Film 03/08/2023
C-
The Kitchen was a disappointment. It’s not enough like the comic to convince comic fans to see it, and it’s not good enough on its own to advise people to run to the theaters to see it either. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nan 09/27/2019 Lots of action, drama, plot twists but very violent. See more Margo 09/13/2019 Cant tell yet only used you once. But will be ordering tickets for Downtown Abbey. The theater is in Corona dont know the name so cant order them yet. See more Barbara M 09/12/2019 Mmmm unquestionable I think it could have been better!!! See more Denise H 09/11/2019 Just wasn’t what I thought it would be. See more Deidra 09/09/2019 I really enjoyed the movie. See more Keith P 09/07/2019 awful casting, editing, and directing See more Read all reviews
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Andrea Berloff

Director

Melissa McCarthy

Kathy Brennan

Tiffany Haddish

Ruby O'Carroll

Elisabeth Moss

Claire Walsh

Domhnall Gleeson

Gabriel O'Malley

James Badge Dale

Kevin O'Carroll

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Synopsis Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets and taking out the competition.
Director
Andrea Berloff
Producer
Michael De Luca, Marcus Viscidi
Screenwriter
Andrea Berloff
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
New Line Cinema, DC Entertainment
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 9, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 27, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.2M
Runtime
1h 42m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)