The Kitchen is an enjoyable but flawed crime drama. This movie is about 3 wives who become mobsters after their husbands are arrested. Melissa McCarthy gives a great performance. She plays tough and vulnerable equally well. Tiffany Haddish gives an okay performance. She has some strong moments but overall never felt consistent. Elisabeth Moss gives a good performance. She does well with what she's given, but she needed a big moment to shine. Domhnall Gleeson gives a fantastic performance. He really impressed me here, showing a dark side I haven't seen from him in a while. Andrea Berloff’s direction is fine but inconsistent. Sometimes the movie has a really unique style and other times it's very messy. The script is good with compelling characters. However, there needed to be a couple of scenes of action to really sell certain plot points. At 104 minutes the pacing is fine. While the movie did occasionally slow down, I never got bored. Overall, The Kitchen was a good, albeit, flawed mob movie.
6/10
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