The Kitchen

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The Kitchen

R

2019

1h 42m

Crime

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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

Feb 15, 2020

The characters are all one-dimensional, the attempts at catharsis feel canned.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Sep 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.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Sep 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.

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Lexi Amoriello

Movie Recs by Lex

Jul 10, 2026

Just because a woman wields a gun or acts like a badass, that doesn’t make her a "strong female character." A strong female character is one that is well-written. Unfortunately, The Kitchen doesn’t have enough of those.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Jul 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.

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

Nov 8, 2023

The filmmaker uses the period setting to comment on a range of still-relevant contemporary inequities faced by the marginalized...

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Nan

Sep 27, 2019

Lots of action, drama, plot twists but very violent.

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Margo

Sep 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.

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Barbara M

Sep 12, 2019

Mmmm unquestionable I think it could have been better!!!

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Denise H

Sep 11, 2019

Just wasn’t what I thought it would be.

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Deidra

Sep 9, 2019

I really enjoyed the movie.

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Keith P

Sep 7, 2019

awful casting, editing, and directing

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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)

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