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Stormy Monday - Un lundi trouble

Original title: Stormy Monday
  • 1988
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
4.8K
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Tommy Lee Jones, Melanie Griffith, and Sting in Stormy Monday - Un lundi trouble (1988)
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GangsterSteamy RomanceCrimeDramaMusicRomance

A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall i... Read allA crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.

  • Director
    • Mike Figgis
  • Writer
    • Mike Figgis
  • Stars
    • Melanie Griffith
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Sting
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    4.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mike Figgis
    • Writer
      • Mike Figgis
    • Stars
      • Melanie Griffith
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Sting
    • 48User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Melanie Griffith
    Melanie Griffith
    • Kate
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Cosmo
    Sting
    Sting
    • Finney
    Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    • Brendan
    James Cosmo
    James Cosmo
    • Tony
    Mark Long
    • Patrick
    Brian Lewis
    Brian Lewis
    • Jim
    Ying Tong John
    • 1st Heavy
    Mick Hamer
    • Pianist
    Ian Hinchcliffe
    • Man at Record Shop
    Andrzej Borkowski
    • Andrej
    Caroline Hutchison
    • Finney's Secretary
    Les Wilde
    Les Wilde
    • Customs Officer
    Desmond Gill
    • Man in Airport Lounge
    Benny Graham
    • Passport Officer
    Scott Hoxby
    Scott Hoxby
    • Bob
    • (as Derek Hoxby)
    Catherine Chevalier
    Catherine Chevalier
    • Cosmo's Secretary
    Brendan P. Healy
    Brendan P. Healy
    • Airport Official
    • (as Brendan Philip Healy)
    • Director
      • Mike Figgis
    • Writer
      • Mike Figgis
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    User reviews48

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    6SnoopyStyle

    jazzy Brit noir

    Brendan (Sean Bean) gets a job at a jazz club working for Finney (Sting) in England. Corrupt Texan businessman Francis Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones) recruits escort Kate (Melanie Griffith) for a mysterious job. He arrives in town trying to buy up the area including the club. Brendan starts going out with Kate who is a waitress at a restaurant. Finney turns out to have a darker side with a criminal past.

    The first half is a bit of a muddle keeping some central mysteries. It does go down some good dark noir alleys. There is plenty of jazzy brass music. It's rainy and moody. I guess the plot can be seen as a bit jazzy. These are interesting characters. I would like the story to be clearer.
    6mjneu59

    narcissistic neo-noir

    These days a romantic thriller usually means sex, violence, and lots of neon lights, but underneath the typically sultry mood of this latter-day film noir there's a cool intelligence at work. Writer director Mike Figgis combines several strands of plot which otherwise have little in common, involving a moody nightclub owner, a dangerous American entrepreneur, his part-time mistress, and her new, younger boyfriend, all of them in an industrial British seaport dressed up for a hands-across-the-water civic promotion. A movie so self-absorbed with mood and imagery shouldn't work as well as this, but what sets the film apart from other neo-noir facsimiles is the unusual trans-Atlantic blend of talent and the emphasis on cross-cultural confusion, best expressed by a free-jazz rendition (by the Krakow Jazz Ensemble) of the Star Spangled Banner. The atmospheric visual style isn't enough to camouflage the shortcomings of the script, but Figgis maintains the drama at an admirably low-key level, and the location photography in the city of Newcastle takes excellent advantage of an appropriately gritty urban environment.
    t-h-fields

    An atmospheric film noir with engaging characters

    Stormy Monday has a fairly routine plot, with a few odd twists to it. What makes it special? Three things.

    The atmosphere of the movie makes you feel as if you're having a nice evening out on the town, making your way from pub to pub. You can almost taste the beer, and smell the smoke. Most of the story is shot on location in the old Newcastle city center. If you're in the right mood for something like this, then it's perfect.

    Secondly, the characters are interesting and engaging, yet enigmatic. You want to know more about them. None fit the typical Hollywood stereotype. Sting, Sean Bean, Melanie Griffith, and Tommy Lee Jones (a relatively obscure actor then) are all in top form.

    Third, if you enjoy jazz, then this is a must-see. In that regard, it is comparable to The Cotton Club, Round Midnight, or Bird. The visiting Polish jazz band reminds me of the struggling young musicians in Leningrad Cowboys Go America. This was clearly made by someone who appreciates good music.

    This movie, released in the late 1980s, may be hard to find. But it's worth it.
    Bishonen

    Chilly and Atmospheric

    A beautifully shot film noir with natural, affecting performances and interesting characters who don't reveal everything in the first half hour. The great strength of the film is that it takes its time to slowly unravel, creating a mood of unrest and doom. The love story works but doesn't overpower the rest of the narrative. An enjoyable and sadly overlooked late-80s gem...maybe Figgis's recent success with "Leaving Las Vegas" will bring some attention to this earlier work.
    6stills-6

    A tale of two Figgi

    I'm not sure if the screenwriter Figgis and the director Figgis ever met or were even in the same room together for any length of time for this movie. The script, scene-by-scene, is no great effort and does not deserve the intense and captivating directing job given to it.

    I enjoyed the romance story - Melanie Griffith is not my favorite actress, but she didn't annoy me which is, I guess, saying something. Sean Bean is really good playing an understated "cleaning" guy, he works well with Sting's Sociopath-with-a-Heart.

    The movie loses me with all the gangster stuff. There are major holes in the plot and character inconsistencies that we are supposed to believe are rich thug eccentricities, but it just doesn't fly. I enjoyed the America in England bit - a little depressing to see the kind of malling that has paved over large parts of the U.S. already. But the best scenes have to do with the Polish jazz band, a great bunch of guys whose artistic potential in this movie was never realized.

    I just wish a lot more importance could have been given to character development, so that once the scene between Griffith and Bean on the roof comes along we can appreciate it more.

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    • Trivia
      Melanie Griffith's character Kate says that she is from New Ulm, Minnesota, which happens to be the birthplace of her real-life mother, actress Tippi Hedren.
    • Goofs
      The single Brendan is seen wearing a wedding ring.
    • Quotes

      Brendan: Did you mean what you said?

      Kate: What did I say?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Shakedown/Stormy Monday/Sunset/Two Moon Junction/White Mischief (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      I've Been Loving You Too Long
      Performed by Otis Redding

      Words and Music by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler

      Used by permission of Greenwich Music Limited

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      by arrangement with Warner Special Products

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1988 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Stormy Monday
    • Filming locations
      • Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Atlantic Entertainment Group
      • British Screen Productions
      • Film Four International
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,791,328
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $44,734
      • Apr 24, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,791,328
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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