The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Ness’s underwritten wife scenes
In the discussion (2)
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- Patricia Clarkson is considered a good actress given little to do. Her wholesome home life supplies a moral contrast with Capone, but the scenes themselves still need better writing.
- The thin wife role prompts speculation that the script remained an unfinished sketch while Mamet was occupied with House of Games.