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Oct 30, 1991 · The Linguini Incident (1991) R, 1 hr 38 min. A waitress (Rosanna Arquette), a barman (David Bowie) and an underwear designer (Eszter Balint) try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work. GENRE: Comedy. RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, Oct 30, 1991.
The Linguini Incident Reviews. They all work at a surreal restaurant that sports a giant Salvador Dalí clock and makes its waitstaff wear uniforms made of silver lamé. It's got, dare I say, A ...
Delightfully absurd. Like the last gasp of New York's New Wave period and fittingly it goes out with David Bowie by its side. I'm not even sure if this could accurately be described as a romantic comedy or a heist film or a slapstick comedy, because it fleetingly moves in and out of genre with an almost outsider art skepticism towards form.
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Though somewhat slowly paced, The Linguini Incident offers plenty of fierce dorkiness and absurd genius. David Bowie gives a rare and wonderful comedic performance as Monty, a luckless gambler trying to cancel out his debts to Cecil and Dante (Andre Gregory and Buck Henry), his employers at a chic east village restaurant.
"The Linguini Incident" is a cult romantic comedy from 1991 that maybe is dated in the present days. The nonsense plot with weird characters was very usual in the 80's in comedies like "After Hours" or "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "The Linguini Incident" is in the same genre.
