Big Night's beauty is the fact that it is about passion.
100
Mr. ShowbizF. X. Feeney
Mr. ShowbizF. X. Feeney
It is one of the most beautifully staged American movies in a very long time.
88
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
In addition to their deft skill with light drama, the directors understand well-placed humor, and throw just the right amount of comedy into the mix to make Big Night fun without turning it into an outright farce.
88
USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
A robustly imaginative sleeper
80
Film.comSean Means
Film.comSean Means
It's so good, so jam-packed with delights, that it leaves you gorged -- and bemoaning the fatty glop that passes for moviemaking these days.
80
TimeRichard Schickel
TimeRichard Schickel
A movie that is both as real as food on the table and as hauntingly evanescent as its taste on one's tongue.
80
VarietyTodd McCarthy
VarietyTodd McCarthy
This unlikely collaboration between actors Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott is extremely well directed, making for a smartly made, delightfully acted period piece whose sensibility neatly straddles art films and the mainstream.
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It's the moviegoing equivalent of great eating.
70
Film.com
Film.com
Like Primo's dishes, Big Night looks and tastes (yes, it does taste) like a labor of love.