Michael Felgate is an art-house auctioneer, he’s in love with Gina Vitale and he
asks her to marry him. She runs
away after he pops the question and he finds out where she is so he can ask her why. It’s because her father is a major New
York mobster and he was in prison until she was eight years old. Other friends and family members are
also mobsters. Gina is afraid they
will interfere with their marriage and she doesn’t want that to happen. Michael and Gina decide they will have
rules and set boundaries with the family and the mob members.
It sounds good in
theory to set boundaries but Michael is in a prime business for the mobsters to
do money laundering. At first it
starts off on a small scale but begins to escalate. There is an incident at Michael’s apartment and the FBI gets involved too. There are many
funny moments!! I was surprised to
see so many actors from The Sopranos TV series. Tony Sirico, John Ventrimiglia,
Aida Turturro, Vincent Pastore, Joseph R. Gannascoli and Frank Pellegrino. 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
102 min,
Comedy directed by Kelly Makin with Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Caan,
Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow,
Paul Lazar, Vincent Pastore.
Note: Imdb 5.8 out of 10, 45% critic 42%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2*, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 120
reviews.
Special
Note: Filmed in Greenwich Village,
Manhattan and New York City, New York.
During filming, James Caan nicknamed Hugh Grant Whippy after the Whippet
dog. This is an English breed that
shivers a lot? I was surprised to
see the low stars on Roger Ebert.
It was thought Grant was wrong for his role?
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