Big Night
Director: Campbell Scott
Starring: Stanley Tucci,Isabella Rossellini, Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver
By the end of the movie, we have been through an emotional and a sensual wringer, in a film of great wisdom and delight.
The real feast is in the mix of characters, each so finely and unschmaltzily delineated in a script so confident and controlled that even the most passing of participants comes alive.
A robustly imaginative sleeper
The film is loaded with brotherly affection and with warm, funny and poignant evocations of a gentler time.
As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting.
Best Film
Bogota Film Festival (1997)
Best New Filmmaker
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1996)
Best Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (1997)
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
Casting Society of America (1997)
Best Actor
Chlotrudis Awards (1997)
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