- Release Date: 1992
- Runtime: 93 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya ... see all
- Director: Alexandre Rockwell
- Plot: In the Soup is a 1992 independent film comedy directed by Alexandre Rockwell. It stars Steve Buscemi as a screenwriter who has written an unfilmable 500-page screenplay and is looking... Read more
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| Nov 18, 2005E! Online
They worked together in 1992's critically acclaimed dramedy In the Soup , which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
The Beals brood is mum on specifics, including the baby's exact birthdate, name and vital statistics, but her publicist tells People magazine that "the family is very happy and Jennifer and the baby are doing great.
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DVD Talk
Writer-director Alexandre Rockwell has the verbal and visual wit to make In the Soup a charming and entertaining comedy.
This is perhaps Jennifer Beals' best film.
The writing is funny, the characters snappy.
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Reel.com
His expansive bear hug of a performance energizes In the Soup , which needs his rowdy, down-to-earth presence to keep from slipping into preciousness.
The group commentary track by Rockwell and the film's cast is moderately interesting; the same goes for Cassel's solo track.
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Combustible Celluloid
Yes, it's an old story that has been told a thousand times before and since, but Alexandre Rockwell's little film has a home movie charm and a streetwise wit that make it a must-see sleeper.
Regardless, it's as easy to fall under the film's charms as it was for Adolfo to fall under Joe's.
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THE CHARGE WAS AS GRAPHIC AS ITS IMPLICATIONS were sleazy. On May 6, Paula Jones, 27, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing Bill Clinton of making sexual advances to her in a Little Rock hotel room three years ago,... ... Full Article
U.S. Distributor: Triton Pictures Aldolpho (Steve Buscemi) is an aspiring movie writer/director who has penned the 500-page script to a film called Unconditional Surrender . ... Full Article
From the Chicago Reader The main reason to see Alexandre Rockwell's flaky, independent black-and-white comedy (1992) about an aspiring filmmaker (Steve Buscemi) on New York's Lower East Side--a movie one feels was made every few months during the late 60s--is... ... Full Article
Alexandre Rockwells Sundance winner looked to be the start of a promising career, but he hasnt made much of an impact since. Still, this remains a remarkably endearing debut, not least due to the central pairing of Seymour Cassel and... ... Full Article

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