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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When Johnny proposes:
-->'''Loretta:''' Could you kneel down?
-->'''Johnny:''' On the floor?
-->'''Loretta :''' Yes, on the floor.
-->'''Johnny:''' ''(protesting)'' This is a good suit!
-->''(a moment later)''
-->'''Bobo:''' ''(shocked)'' She's got him on his knees. He's ruining his suit!
-->'''Loretta:''' Could you kneel down?
-->'''Johnny:''' On the floor?
-->'''Loretta :''' Yes, on the floor.
-->'''Johnny:''' ''(protesting)'' This is a good suit!
-->''(a moment later)''
-->'''Bobo:''' ''(shocked)'' She's got him on his knees. He's ruining his suit!
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: One of the best examples in all of filmdom, though it'd more like Littering, Murder and Jaywalking. Loretta in confession.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: One of the best examples in all of filmdom, though it'd it's more like Littering, Murder and Jaywalking. Loretta in confession.
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* DistinguishingMark: Nic Cage's character has a wooden hand after an accident in the bakery. (He still has the palm of his hand, so premuably he lost all of his fingers.)
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* DistinguishingMark: Nic Cage's character has a wooden hand after an accident in the bakery. (He still has the palm of his hand, so premuably presumably he lost all of his fingers.)
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-->'''Ronnie:''' You waited for the right man the first time, why didn't you wait for the right man again?
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* WeirdMoon: It's unnaturally large after Ronnie sleeps with Loretta. Raymond calls it "Cosmo's moon" (the last time he saw it so huge was when Cosmo was courting Rose.)
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* WeirdMoon: It's unnaturally large after Ronnie Ronny sleeps with Loretta. Raymond calls it "Cosmo's moon" (the last time he saw it so huge was when Cosmo was courting Rose.)
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* RunningGag: "You're got a love bite on your neck."
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* OneTrueLove: Loretta had it once, lost it, and has settled with Johnny.
-->'''Ronnie:''' You waited for the right man the first time, why didn't you wait for the right man again?
-->'''Loretta:''' He didn't come
-->'''Ronnie:''' I'm here!
-->'''Loretta:''' You're late.
-->'''Ronnie:''' You waited for the right man the first time, why didn't you wait for the right man again?
-->'''Loretta:''' He didn't come
-->'''Ronnie:''' I'm here!
-->'''Loretta:''' You're late.
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* NotSoDifferent: The film makes it clear that Loretta takes after Cosmo, and not Rose.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening scenes show trucks delivering props to The Met for ''Theater/LaBoheme'', the same performance that Loretta, Sonny, Cosmo and Mona attend.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening scenes show trucks delivering props to The Met for ''Theater/LaBoheme'', ''Theatre/LaBoheme'', the same performance that Loretta, Sonny, Cosmo and Mona attend.
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* WeirdMoon: It's unnaturally large after Ronnie sleeps with Loretta. Raymond calls it "Cosmo's moon" (the last time he saw it so huge was when Cosmo was courting Rose.)
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* MultigenerationalHouseholdMultigenerationalHousehold: It's in jeopardy, however, when it seems Loretta is going to marry Johnny, since Rose says she might as well sell the house because Johnny won't move in because Cosmo hates him. That doesn't seem to be an issue [[spoiler: when Ronny is going to marry her, however.]]
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* AnimalMotif: Ronny resembles a wolf before he cleans up for the opera, which makes sense since Loretta calls him a wolf and the original title of the film was ''The Bride and the Wolf''.
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* DistinguishingMark: Nic Cage's character has a wooden hand after an accident in the bakery.
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* ShoutOut: Rose quips, "It ain't over til it's over!", a reference to one of Yogi Berra's quotes.
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* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler: Strongly implied about Loretta and Johnny.]]
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* WomenAreWiser: Played with. Loretta is a mess, but Rose, when given an opportunity to have a fling herself, declines politely, saying, "I know who I am."
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!! Mona also goes in a similar outfit, driving home to Loretta she's NotSoDifferent from her, though while she's still single (albeit engaged), Cosmo is ''married''.
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* LadyInRed: Loretta during her opera date with Ronny.
-->'''Ronny:''' ...''thank you.''
-->'''Ronny:''' ...''thank you.''
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* YourCheatingHeart: Loretta's father dates Maud. Mona, his wife senses he has an affair.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shanley initially wrote the characters as Irish, but decided to make them Italian to make it less of an AuthorAvatar script.
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Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley AcademyAwards. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Hmm ... (To be fair, Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated.)
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Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley AcademyAwards. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Hmm ... (To be fair, Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated.)
nominated, but didn't win.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. A CrowningMomentOfAwesome and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].
-->'''Ronnie:''' Loretta, I love you. Not, not like they told you love is and I didn't know this either. But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything! It breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect, stars are perfect. Not us! Not US! We are here to ruin ourselves and... and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and... and DIE... I mean, I mean the storybooks are [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT]]. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and... and GET in my bed. Come on, come on, ''come on''...
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. A CrowningMomentOfAwesome and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].
-->'''Ronnie:''' Loretta, I love you. Not, not like they told you love is and I didn't know this either. But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything! It breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect, stars are perfect. Not us! Not US! We are here to ruin ourselves and... and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and... and DIE... I mean, I mean the storybooks are [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT]]. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and... and GET in my bed. Come on, come on, ''come on''...
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-->'''Ronny:''' Loretta, I love you. Not, not like they told you love is and I didn't know this either. But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything! It breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect, stars are perfect. Not us! Not US! We are here to ruin ourselves and... and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and... and DIE... I mean, I mean the storybooks are [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT]]. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and... and GET in my bed. Come on, come on, ''come on''...
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: One of the best examples in all of filmdom:
-->I took the name of the Lord in vain, I slept with the brother of my fiancee, and I bounced a check at the liquor store.
** ...that's more like "Littering, Murder and Jaywalking"
-->I took the name of the Lord in vain, I slept with the brother of my fiancee, and I bounced a check at the liquor store.
** ...that's more like "Littering, Murder and Jaywalking"
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: One of the best examples in all of filmdom:
-->Ifilmdom, though it'd more like Littering, Murder and Jaywalking. Loretta in confession.
-->''"I took the name of the Lord in vain, I slept with the brother of my fiancee, and I bounced a check at the liquorstore.
** ...that's more like "Littering, Murderstore."''
* AtTheOperaTonight: Ronny takes Loretta to ''Theatre/LaBoheme''. They're both dressed up andJaywalking"enjoy the performance a lot.
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-->''"I took the name of the Lord in vain, I slept with the brother of my fiancee, and I bounced a check at the liquor
** ...that's more like "Littering, Murder
* AtTheOperaTonight: Ronny takes Loretta to ''Theatre/LaBoheme''. They're both dressed up and
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** A guy in a restaurant gets drinks splashed in his face. He orders vodka. The waiter says he deserves one.
** Loretta asks for whisky when she meets with Ronny and they have dinner.
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** Loretta asks for whisky when she meets with Ronny and they have dinner.
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* LargeHam: Cage just nearly borders on this during his first scene where he explains his hatred for his brother, but slides back into being genuine.
** It helps that the characters react to him in a similar way as the audience would, giving the character just a more LargeHam persona.
** It's been noted that Ronny is operatic - he loves opera, and literally ''performs'' his life (see InsistentTerminology). He has plenty of more human, quiet moments.
** It helps that the characters react to him in a similar way as the audience would, giving the character just a more LargeHam persona.
** It's been noted that Ronny is operatic - he loves opera, and literally ''performs'' his life (see InsistentTerminology). He has plenty of more human, quiet moments.
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* ItaliansTalkWithHands: They all gesticulate heavily.
* LargeHam: Cage just nearly borders on this during his first scene where he explains his hatred for his brother, but slides back into beinggenuine.
**genuine. It helps that the characters react to him in a similar way as the audience would, giving the character just a more LargeHam persona.
**persona. It's been noted that Ronny is operatic - he loves opera, and literally ''performs'' his life (see InsistentTerminology). He has plenty of more human, quiet moments.
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**...that's more like "Littering, Murder and Jaywalking"
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-->I took the name of the Lord in vain, I slept with the brother of my fiancee, and I bounced a check at the liquor store.
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-->[[spoiler: '''Johnny:''']] ''(suddenly popping up)'' '''WHAT?!'''
-->[[spoiler: '''Ronny:''' Loretta, will you marry me?]]
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->''"The storybooks are bullshit!"''
-->-- '''Ronny'''
The story of your typical Italian American family living in New York. Loretta ({{Cher}}), a widow in her late thirties who has moved back in with her parents since the death of her husband, accepts a proposal from her bumbling boyfriend Johnny (Danny Aiello), who suddenly has to leave in order to visit his dying mother in Sicily. While he's away, Loretta tries to convince Johnny's estranged brother Ronny (NicolasCage) to give up their feud and come to the upcoming wedding, but accidentally falls for him. At the same time, Loretta's father (Vincent Gardenia) is having a secret affair while her mother (Olympia Dukakis) ponders the skirt-chasing mentality of men. HilarityEnsues.
Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley AcademyAwards. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Hmm ... (To be fair, Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated.)
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. A CrowningMomentOfAwesome and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].
-->'''Ronnie:''' Loretta, I love you. Not, not like they told you love is and I didn't know this either. But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything! It breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect, stars are perfect. Not us! Not US! We are here to ruin ourselves and... and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and... and DIE... I mean, I mean the storybooks are [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT]]. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and... and GET in my bed. Come on, come on, ''come on''...
* ArcWords: "Why do men chase women?"
* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa. (''Also'' played by a non-Italian.)
* DistinguishingMark: Nic Cage's character has a wooden hand after an accident in the bakery.
* EurekaMoment: "Thank you! Thank you for answering my question!" (Not that she didn't always know the answer.)
* FlatWhat:
-->[[spoiler: '''Ronny:''' Loretta, will you marry me?]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Johnny:''']] ''(suddenly popping up)'' '''WHAT?!'''
* HappilyEverAfter: Everyone has a happy ending, even [[spoiler: Johnny.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Listen carefully to Ronny. For example, he doesn't take Loretta to bed - he takes her to THE bed, as if it were a ritual or a meaningful part of an opera.
* LargeHam: Cage just nearly borders on this during his first scene where he explains his hatred for his brother, but slides back into being genuine.
** It helps that the characters react to him in a similar way as the audience would, giving the character just a more LargeHam persona.
** It's been noted that Ronny is operatic - he loves opera, and literally ''performs'' his life (see InsistentTerminology). He has plenty of more human, quiet moments.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Practically the TropeCodifier.
* MommasBoy: Johnny ("Johnny Camareri? ''He's a big baby''.")
* MultigenerationalHousehold
* PutOnABus: Well, in ''front'' of a bus -- Loretta's first husband.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When Loretta takes the grays out, and gets the full beauty treatment, she goes from a nice middle-aged pretty to ''stunning''.
* SlapSlapKiss: Ronny & Loretta (reportedly an example of EnforcedMethodActing).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shanley initially wrote the characters as Irish, but decided to make them Italian to make it less of an AuthorAvatar script.
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->''"The storybooks are bullshit!"''
-->-- '''Ronny'''
The story of your typical Italian American family living in New York. Loretta ({{Cher}}), a widow in her late thirties who has moved back in with her parents since the death of her husband, accepts a proposal from her bumbling boyfriend Johnny (Danny Aiello), who suddenly has to leave in order to visit his dying mother in Sicily. While he's away, Loretta tries to convince Johnny's estranged brother Ronny (NicolasCage) to give up their feud and come to the upcoming wedding, but accidentally falls for him. At the same time, Loretta's father (Vincent Gardenia) is having a secret affair while her mother (Olympia Dukakis) ponders the skirt-chasing mentality of men. HilarityEnsues.
Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley AcademyAwards. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, went to the ''non''-Italian actors. Hmm ... (To be fair, Italian Vincent Gardenia did get nominated.)
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. A CrowningMomentOfAwesome and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].
-->'''Ronnie:''' Loretta, I love you. Not, not like they told you love is and I didn't know this either. But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything! It breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect, stars are perfect. Not us! Not US! We are here to ruin ourselves and... and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and... and DIE... I mean, I mean the storybooks are [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT]]. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and... and GET in my bed. Come on, come on, ''come on''...
* ArcWords: "Why do men chase women?"
* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa. (''Also'' played by a non-Italian.)
* DistinguishingMark: Nic Cage's character has a wooden hand after an accident in the bakery.
* EurekaMoment: "Thank you! Thank you for answering my question!" (Not that she didn't always know the answer.)
* FlatWhat:
-->[[spoiler: '''Ronny:''' Loretta, will you marry me?]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Johnny:''']] ''(suddenly popping up)'' '''WHAT?!'''
* HappilyEverAfter: Everyone has a happy ending, even [[spoiler: Johnny.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Listen carefully to Ronny. For example, he doesn't take Loretta to bed - he takes her to THE bed, as if it were a ritual or a meaningful part of an opera.
* LargeHam: Cage just nearly borders on this during his first scene where he explains his hatred for his brother, but slides back into being genuine.
** It helps that the characters react to him in a similar way as the audience would, giving the character just a more LargeHam persona.
** It's been noted that Ronny is operatic - he loves opera, and literally ''performs'' his life (see InsistentTerminology). He has plenty of more human, quiet moments.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Practically the TropeCodifier.
* MommasBoy: Johnny ("Johnny Camareri? ''He's a big baby''.")
* MultigenerationalHousehold
* PutOnABus: Well, in ''front'' of a bus -- Loretta's first husband.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When Loretta takes the grays out, and gets the full beauty treatment, she goes from a nice middle-aged pretty to ''stunning''.
* SlapSlapKiss: Ronny & Loretta (reportedly an example of EnforcedMethodActing).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shanley initially wrote the characters as Irish, but decided to make them Italian to make it less of an AuthorAvatar script.
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