2004
R
IFC Films
1 h 35 m

2004
R
IFC Films
1 h 35 m

Summary From director Michael Pressman comes a deeply intimate and unabashedly comic portrait of a marriage on the verge of disaster: his own. Frankie and Johnny Are Married is a heartfelt and romantic comedy about what happens when a husband and wife decide to work together. The result is a translucent window into the drama, absurdity and passi...

Comedy

Directed By: Michael Pressman

Written By: Michael Pressman

2004
R
IFC Films
1 h 35 m

2004
R
IFC Films
1 h 35 m

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

Name: Frankie and Johnny Are Married
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2004-05-26
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Rating: 44
Cast: Michael Pressman, Lisa Chess, Alan Rosenberg, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jillian Armenante

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Michael Pressman

Written By: Michael Pressman

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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

27% Positive
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45% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

27% Positive
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45% Mixed
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San Francisco Chronicle

Self-indulgent and admirable.

By Carla Meyer FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

A bittersweet, wryly amusing "dramatic fiction"

By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Good-natured, mildly appealing video feature.

By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW

L.A. Weekly

Pressma's intermittently amusing screenplay, some good-natured cameos by a bunch of his famous friends, and an intelligent performance by Chess  playing herself opposite TV regular Alan Rosenberg -- save the day and the relationship.

By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW

Variety

Beyond the participants' friends and co-workers, it's hard to imagine an audience for this professionally packaged exercise in navel gazing.

By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Self-indulgent folly.

By Megan Lehmann FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

The only metatwist missing in the twittering self-regard of this indulgent home movie is the participation of a documentary video crew -- ideally helmed by some TV exec's USC-grad son -- shooting the filmmakers shooting the play within the play.

By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ridea Productions

Release Date May 26, 2004

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating R

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Comedy

Website http://www.frankiejohnny.com/

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Awards

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Ashland Independent Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

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Michael Pressman

Michael Pressman

Lisa Chess

Lisa Chess

Alan Rosenberg

Alan Rosenberg

Stephen Tobolowsky

Murray Mintz

Jillian Armenante

Cynthia

Morgan Nagler

Sally

Ann Hearn

Constance

Maury Sterling

Roger

Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo

Linda Klein

'Chicago Hope' Paramedic

Debra Magit

Mother

Jerry Levine

Jerry Levine

Alice West

Alice West

James Aaron Oliver

Billy the Assistant

Ken Lerner

Rob the Production Manager

Vahan Moosekian

Man on Street

Elizabeth Hayden

Casting Assistant

Jeffery Passero

Jeffery Passero

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Nicole Gomez Fisher

2nd A.D.

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