Mercedes Ruehl’s Typical Vibe
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Mercedes Ruehl has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Big.
Recurring themes

He Said, She Said
1991
Comedy · Drama

Arthur
1981
Comedy · Drama

Swingers
1996
Comedy · Drama

Pecker
1998
Comedy · Drama

My Favorite Year
1982
Comedy · Drama

Fools Rush In
1997
Comedy · Drama

The Opposite of Sex
1998
Comedy · Drama

10 Things I Hate About You
1999
Comedy · Romance
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Dir. Penny Marshall · With Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer

Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Dir. Michael Cristofer · With Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
Dir. David Hugh Jones · With Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Dean Stockwell
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Dir. Lorene Scafaria · With Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
Dir. Maurice Phillips · With Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl

When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is merely a reflection of what those he encounters want him to be. Soon, as locals start to disappear, it becomes clear that an eerie subtraction is at work in the sleepy hamlet.
Dir. Hampton Fancher · With Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox