Stormy Monday

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Stormy Monday

R,

1988,

1h 32m,

Crime/

Drama

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78%

18 Reviews

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48%

1,000+ Ratings

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78%

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18 Reviews

48%

Popcornmeter

1,000+ Ratings

Brendan (Sean Bean) begins to work at a jazz joint in a seedy part of Newcastle, England, and soon develops a friendship with the establishment's seemingly ethical owner, Finney (Sting). Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones), a crooked American businessman, arrives and attempts to force Finney into a shady deal involving the nightclub, but Brendan tries to keep his boss out of the suspicious agreement. Things are intensified when all three men compete for the affections of call-girl Kate (Melanie Griffith).

Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

All visual flash and no script, with comatose performances to boot.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Feb 9, 2006

Mix American gangsters, molls and majorettes with Polish avant-garde jazz musicians against a Newcastle background - and what you've got is a curious homage to B movie Hollywood and the rain-washed neon of the pulps.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

May 20, 2003

3.5/5

Mr. Figgis, who is a musician as well as a film maker, brings the place, the plot and the film's haunting characters vibrantly to life. What's more, he makes them irresistibly interesting.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 3, 2021

3/4

A smoky, jazzy mood-ring of a movie.

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Joe Leydon

The Moving Picture Show

Jun 23, 2021

Throughout "Stormy Monday," the characters are sharply drawn, the dialogue is bracingly hardboiled, and the tension is skillfully sustained.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 24, 2020

3.5/4.0

Melanie Griffith steals every scene she's in.

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Draco W

Feb 10, 2019

It was a good movie but that horrible screeching music was annoying.

George W

Feb 6, 2018

Decent neo-noir, that's actually more of a romantic thriller. Where American gangster Tommy Lee Jones tries to move in on a British city in decline to carve out a piece for himself. Sting is actually pretty good in it. As is the chemistry between Bean and Griffith.

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Finn S

Nov 7, 2017

Stormy Monday is a decent film. It is about a crooked American businessman who tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub to sell him the club. Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sting give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Mike Figgis did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and mystery.

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Anakin S

Mar 27, 2017

Decent thriller has Tommy Lee Jones as an American businessman trying to force owners to sell him real estate in economically-depressed Newcastle. Danger ensues when a Jazz club owner refused his overtures.

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Mike Figgis

Director

Melanie Griffith

Kate

Tommy Lee Jones

Cosmo

Sting

Finney

Sean Bean

Brendan

James Cosmo

Tony

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Synopsis

Brendan (Sean Bean) begins to work at a jazz joint in a seedy part of Newcastle, England, and soon develops a friendship with the establishment's seemingly ethical owner, Finney (Sting). Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones), a crooked American businessman, arrives and attempts to force Finney into a shady deal involving the nightclub, but Brendan tries to keep his boss out of the suspicious agreement. Things are intensified when all three men compete for the affections of call-girl Kate (Melanie Griffith).

Director: Mike Figgis
Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark
Production Co: British Screen Productions, Atlantic Entertainment Group
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $255.9K
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround

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