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It stars Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class New York couple living with their adult daughters Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick is discovered to be having an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them -- and everyone else in their neighborhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.

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It stars Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class New York couple living with their adult daughters Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Rosebud (Aida Turturro).(Creator/AidaTurturro). Nick is discovered to be having an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them -- and everyone else in their neighborhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Nick is convinced to end his affair with Tula and try to reconcile with Kitty when his mother tells him that his father and his grandfather were both notorious for their womanising.

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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Nick is convinced to end his affair with Tula and try to reconcile with Kitty when his mother tells him that his father and his grandfather were both notorious for their womanising.womanizing.




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* SexySilhouette: For a given measure of "sexy" during the "Delilah" routine. Bo watches another man have sex with his wife in silhouettes through a curtain.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Rosebud is clearly older than her adoptive sisters but acts like she's the youngest. She regularly sees a psychiatrist, and says she "did not begin right" and doesn't remember ever being well.
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It stars Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class New York couple living with their adult daughters Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them -- and everyone else in their neighborhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.

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It stars Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class New York couple living with their adult daughters Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has is discovered to be having an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them -- and everyone else in their neighborhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.
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It stars Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class couple living with their three daughters, Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them -- and everyone else in their neighbourhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.

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It stars Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class New York couple living with their three daughters, adult daughters Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) (Creator/MaryLouiseParker), and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them -- and everyone else in their neighbourhood, neighborhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.



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''Romance & Cigarettes'' is a 2005 musical written and directed by Creator/JohnTurturro. It stars James Gandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class couple living with their three daughters, Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them - and everyone else in their neighbourhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) - to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.

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''Romance & Cigarettes'' is a 2005 musical American {{musical}} comedy film, written and directed by Creator/JohnTurturro. Creator/JohnTurturro and featuring an AllStarCast.

It stars James Gandolfini Creator/JamesGandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class couple living with their three daughters, Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them - -- and everyone else in their neighbourhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) - -- to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.



* DaydreamSurprise: Two of the musical sequences - "Delilah" and "Little Water Song" - include one character killing another, and it's not made clear until the song's over that they're both still alive and well.
* DeathbringerTheAdorable: The Murder family are not entirely unfamiliar with violence - Nick was in the Navy and they get in occasional scrapes and tussles - but they're nice people, more interested in music and arts and crafts than in murder.
* HappilyAdopted: Rosebud loves her adoptive family - she even helps out her father when the others are still shunning him.

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* DaydreamSurprise: Two of the musical sequences - -- "Delilah" and "Little Water Song" - -- include one character killing another, and it's not made clear until the song's over that they're both still alive and well.
* DeathbringerTheAdorable: The Murder family are not entirely unfamiliar with violence - -- Nick was in the Navy and they get in occasional scrapes and tussles - -- but they're nice people, more interested in music and arts and crafts than in murder.
* HappilyAdopted: Rosebud loves her adoptive family - she family, and even helps out her father when the others are still shunning him.him.

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* DaydreamSurprise: Two of the musical sequences - "Delilah" and "Little Water Song" - include one character killing another, and it's not made clear until the song's over that they're both still alive and well.
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''Romance & Cigarettes'' is a 2005 musical written and directed by Creator/JohnTurturro. It stars James Gandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class couple living with their three daughters, Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them - and everyone else in their neighbourhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.

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''Romance & Cigarettes'' is a 2005 musical written and directed by Creator/JohnTurturro. It stars James Gandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class couple living with their three daughters, Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them - and everyone else in their neighbourhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) - to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Nick is convinced to end his affair with Tula and try to reconcile with Kitty when his mother tells him that his father and his grandfather were both notorious for their womanising.
* DeathbringerTheAdorable: The Murder family are not entirely unfamiliar with violence - Nick was in the Navy and they get in occasional scrapes and tussles - but they're nice people, more interested in music and arts and crafts than in murder.
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''Romance & Cigarettes'' is a 2005 musical written and directed by Creator/JohnTurturro. It stars James Gandolfini and Creator/SusanSarandon as Nick and Kitty Murder, a working-class couple living with their three daughters, Baby (Music/MandyMoore), Constance (Creator/MaryLouiseParker) and Rosebud (Aida Turturro). Nick has an affair with Tula (Creator/KateWinslet), turning his family against him and forcing them - and everyone else in their neighbourhood, including Nick's coworker Angelo (Creator/SteveBuscemi) and Kitty's cousin Bo (Creator/ChristopherWalken) to confront their issues with sex, love, marriage, and family. Generally in song form.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Rosebud is clearly older than her adoptive sisters but acts like she's the youngest. She regularly sees a psychiatrist, and says she "did not begin right" and doesn't remember ever being well.
* HappilyAdopted: Rosebud loves her adoptive family - she even helps out her father when the others are still shunning him.

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