The Kitchen (I)

Its big idea, though vague, is at least a fascinating curiosity. But with its jumble of clichés, its blatant word-bubble declarations, and its hectically rushed impracticalities, the movie—which is based on a comic-book series—invites an air of antic exaggeration and revved-up stylization. It hints frustratingly, throughout, at a comedic impulse that the direction of its actors suppresses.

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This DC Vertigo adaptation boasts a solid main trio but never really comes together.

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Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss star as mob wives in late-'70s New York who take matters into their own hands after their husbands are jailed.

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Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss are mob wives who turn mobster in a drama that's just like 'Widows,' except not as good.

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This material, though, is damn thin. Like so many films derived from the pictures and words of a graphic novel, The Kitchen feels perfunctory and sterile and under-detailed.

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The film never meaningfully reckons with the complexity of the characters’ motivations and the consequences of their actions.

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Female-led mob movie 'The Kitchen' blunders a chance to cook up something new

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Full antihero equality will only be achieved when women are permitted to carry a crime drama by being so charismatic that viewers would consider following them into hell rather than give up the buzz they get from watching them be bad.

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McCarthy and Haddish never seem to find that balance, leading to erratic performances that serve the moment rather than the scene.

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You want this tale of female gangsters to be a gun-toting original, but it’s a discordant mix of clichés, incoherence and ill-used stars

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Although there are genuine moments of humor, they’re at odds with the increasingly ghastly measures taken by the three protagonists, as they succumb to power-hunger, paranoia and overkill.

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The Kitchen Wastes a Sizzling Idea and Terrific Ingredients

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Melissa McCarthy’s Mob Drama Is Undercooked

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Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss struggle to rise above a cartoonish and shoddily constructed crime drama

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Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss play mob wives who take over the family business.

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You walk into the movie excited for a few laughs from comedy powerhouses Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish amid their mobster plot, and maybe some tears courtesy of Elisabeth Moss. But this humorless, sadistically violent wreck has not one single satisfying second. It does, however, have more than 50 F-bombs.

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