History Film / QueensLogic

''Queens Logic'' is a comedy-drama film from 1991 with an AllStarCast including Creator/JoeMantegna, [[Series/{{Thirtysomething}} Ken Olin]], Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/LindaFiorentino, [[Film/SidAndNancy Chloe Webb]], Creator/JohnMalkovich, Music/TomWaits, [[Series/HillStreetBlues Ed Marinaro]], Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Tony Spiridakis, who also co-wrote the script. Steve Rash (''Film/CantBuyMeLove'') directed.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After TheReveal (see below), everyone is startled, except Dennis, who laughs hysterically.

''Queens Logic'' is a comedy-drama film from 1991 with an AllStarCast including [[Series/JoanOfArcadia Joe Mantegna]], [[Series/{{Thirtysomething}} Ken Olin]], Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/LindaFiorentino, [[Film/{{Twins}} Chloe Webb]], Creator/JohnMalkovich, Music/TomWaits, [[Series/HillStreetBlues Ed Marinaro]], Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Tony Spiridakis, who also co-wrote the script. Steve Rash (''Film/CantBuyMeLove'') directed.

Ray (Olin), a painter, is set to marry Patty (Webb), who owns her own hair salon, but he's having second thoughts. Meanwhile, Al (Mantegna), his cousin, who owns a fishery, is happily married, or so he thinks, to Carla (Fiorentino), but when he shows up several hours late for their anniversary, she cold-cocks him and leaves him, taking their kids with her. During that weekend, as Ray and Al's friends--including Vinnie (Spiridakis), an actor; Dennis (Bacon), a musician; and Eliot (Malkovich), who owns the fishery with Al--gather to prepare for Ray's wedding or not-wedding, there's plenty of soul-searching and laughter from everyone.

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''Queens Logic'' is a comedy/drama film from 1991 with an AllStarCast including [[Series/JoanOfArcadia Joe Mantegna]], [[Series/{{Thirtysomething}} Ken Olin]], Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/LindaFiorentino, [[Film/{{Twins}} Chloe Webb]], Creator/JohnMalkovich, Music/TomWaits, [[Series/HillStreetBlues Ed Marinaro]], Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Tony Spiridakis, who also co-wrote the script. Steve Rash (''Film/CantBuyMeLove'') directed.

Ray (Olin), a painter, is set to marry Patty (Webb), who owns her own hair salon, but he's having second thoughts. Meanwhile, Al (Mantegna), his cousin, who owns a fishery, is happily married, or so he thinks, to Carla (Fiorentino), but when he shows up several hours late for their anniversary, she cold-cocks him and leaves him, taking their kids with her. During that weekend, as Ray and Al's friends, including Vinnie (Spiridakis), an actor, Dennis (Bacon), a musician, and Eliot (Malkovich), who owns the fishery with Al, gather to prepare for Ray's wedding or not-wedding, there's plenty of soul-searching and laughter from everyone.

-->'''Al:''' You don't know me, and I don't know you, so let's cut to the chase, shall we? Your hair! Hey, I'm just trying to be honest here! I don't know if it's a wig, or what, but I can work with that!
-->'''Woman:''' (''chuckling'') Go away, Al, before I do you with my hairspray.
-->'''Al:''' Hey, I'll come back later with some hedge clippers; we'll do a sexy hair-cutting thing!

-->'''Al:''' Carla.
-->'''Carla:''' What?
-->'''Al:''' Come on.
-->'''Carla:''' Come on what?
-->'''Al:''' Okay.
-->'''Carla:''' Okay what?
-->'''Al:''' ''Okay''.
-->'''Carla:''' [[SarcasmMode I love when we can talk like this, Al.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: Monty.

-->'''Carla:''' (''to Patty, as she walks into her apartment with all the clothes'') Burn these.
-->'''Patty:''' Where are the bodies?

-->'''Grace:''' (''as hip-hop music plays'') Got stress, huh?
-->'''Al:''' Who wouldn't? This music would make WillRogers punch a nun!

-->'''Al:''' Oh, Vin, you must have scored ''big'' at happy hour!

* EightiesHair: While driving around during the opening credits, Al comes across a woman with this, and can't resist commenting:
-->'''Al:''' You don't know me, and I don't know you, so let's cut to the chase, shall we? Your hair! Hey, I'm just trying to be honest here! I don't know if it's a wig, or what, but I can work with that!
-->'''Woman:''' (''chuckling'') Go away, Al, before I do you with my hairspray.
-->'''Al:''' Hey, I'll come back later with some hedge clippers; we'll do a sexy hair-cutting thing!

* WaxingLyrical: When Eliot is greeting people as they enter Ray's [[ItMakesSenseInContext bachelor party that isn't]], he says, "This ain't no bachelor party, [[Music/TalkingHeads this ain't no disco]]."

* WaxingLyrical: When Eliot is greeting people as they enter Ray's [[ItMakesSenseInContext bachelor party that isn't]], he says, "This ain't no bachelor party, [[Music/TalkingHeads this ain't no disco]]."
* YourCheatingHeart: Averted; while Ray does become attracted to a woman at his not-bachelor party, and Patty walks in on them when she's lying next to him, nothing happens.
** Similarly, earlier in the film, Dennis confesses his feelings to Patty, but she kindly but firmly rebuffs him, and even after she walks in on Ray and the other woman, and Dennis comforts her about it, neither of them take the next step.
** And Carla thinks this about Al when he leaves the party with Grace, but it's averted there as well.

-->'''Al:''' Carla, come on.

-->'''Carla:''' [[SarcasmMode Gee, it's great we can communicate this way.]]

-->'''Patty:''' What happened to the bodies?

** The teenage Al sings part of Music/LouisArmstrong's "I've Got the World on a String" [[StealthPun while climbing the rope on the Hellgate Bridge]], and the older Al sings Tony Bennett's "The Good Life".

''Queens Logic'' is a comedy/drama film from 1991 with an AllStarCast including [[Series/JoanOfArcadia Joe Mantegna]], [[Series/{{Thirtysomething}} Ken Olin]], Creator/KevinBacon, [[Film/MenInBlack Linda Fiorentino]], [[Film/{{Twins}} Chloe Webb]], Creator/JohnMalkovich, Music/TomWaits, [[Series/HillStreetBlues Ed Marinaro]], Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Tony Spiridakis, who also co-wrote the script. Steve Rash (''Film/CantBuyMeLove'') directed.