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The trio starts collecting the neighborhood protection money, planning a coup, and taking care of the community with the help of handpicked enforcers - like kind but possibly sociopathic hit man Gabriel O'Malley ( Domhnall Gleeson). When support envelopes prove barely enough to cover the rent, Kathy convinces the other two to take matters into their own hands. Kathy ( Melissa McCarthy) has two young kids to provide for Ruby ( Tiffany Haddish) is still struggling to integrate with the white Irish crime family, including her side-eyeing mother-in-law, Helene ( Margo Martindale) and Claire ( Elisabeth Moss) is happy to be rid of her abusive husband for a while.

The story's female empowerment messages ultimately devolve into a story of betrayal, corruption, and every woman for herself.īased on the DC Vertigo series, THE KITCHEN starts off promisingly: In 1978, Kevin O'Carroll ( James Badge Dale), Jimmy Brennan ( Bryan D'Arcy James), and Rob Walsh (Jeremy Robb) - three Irish mob bosses from the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in midtown Manhattan - are arrested, convicted, and sentenced to three years in prison, leaving their wives at the mercy of the crime organization. There's one major romantic subplot with a couple of love scenes and passionate kisses.

Characters drink in nearly every scene, there are a couple of drug references, and extras smoke in the background. Language is extremely strong, with F-bombs flying in nearly every scene (as well as "s-t," "c-t," "tw-ts," "d-ks," and much more). An abused woman is shown being punched and kicked and is so injured that she has to go to the hospital. People are mostly shot to death, but a couple are beaten or even pushed to their demise. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss, this is a dark, violent, and unexpectedly bloody film with a very high body count. Parents need to know that The Kitchen is based on a 1970s-set DC Vertigo comics series that follows a group of women who take over the Irish crime family in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan while their husbands are in prison.