Being from the Bronx and working for a landlord who is the
owner of many such buildings, and strangely enough, VERY
similar to Louis Sr, I can appreciate the comedy aspect from
both sides. And it really is closer to the truth than most
people think. Unless of course, you live in one of these
buildings. I don't recall what Borough this is supposed to
take place in, but New York City is full of them.
Very funny movie. Pesci and Co. are all outstanding.
Great Pesci Movie
The Super shows what real house arrest is, Joe Pecsi playing basketball is hilarious, to make this review short and sweet, buy it, you'll like it.
The super under house arrest
Joe Pesci's role in 1990's GOODFELLAS won him a few Oscars. Before GOODFELLAS,Pesci had roles in LETHAL WEAPON 2 and BETSY'S WEDDING. After GOODFELLAS,he did HOME ALONE where he was a burglar who,with Daniel Stern,terrorized the star,MacCaulay Culkin. In this film,Pesci is Louis "Louie" Kritski Jr. who receives an apartment building for his birthday from his mom and dad Louis "Big Lou" Sr.(the late Vincent Gardenia). But Louie is tried for and convicted of property neglect and was originally sentenced to one year in the county jail. The presiding judge changes the sentence to 120 days of house arrest in Louie's gift building. He reluctantly complies with the court order to make the necessary repairs against Big Lou's wishes. Big Lou willed Louie his other buildings upon his passing(Big Lou owned 26 other buldings). Big Lou threatened to cancel his bequests to Louie if he made the repairs. Obviously,Big Lou lets nature take its course and does not believe in repairs and rejuvenations. Big Lou's heart is broken when he finds new lights and notices Louie giving his tenants portable heaters(the building's boiler is broken). Louie bought the heaters with his dad's company credit card. "They(the company) called for authorization!",quipps Big Lou. When Louie moves into apartment 5A of his building he makes a few friends without plan. They are Tito(Kenny Blank),a young black kid who lives with his grandmother Leotha. Marlon(Ruben Blades) is always helping Louie when he needs it. Naomi Bensinger(Madolyn Smith Osborne),who seems to be a friend,is a prosecutor who checks up on Louie from time to time to make sure he's complying with the court order. Louie asked Naomi in one scene to witness the distribution of the heaters. She said it was "more of a gesture than a solution". The building was about to be destroyed via explosives. Louie threatened to throw the perpetrator off the roof,where they both were. Louie is bailed out by his father but he and Marlon waste no time in repairing and painting,delighting the tenants who were previously upset.
When two Italian-American boys from New York are falsely accused of murder in a small Alabama town, they call for a lawyer--but the only lawyer they know is their cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), who made six attempts before he passed his bar exam. My Cousin Vinny is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy; the flimsy plot about clearing the two boys and solving the murder is just a hook to support a lot of culture-clash humor. Thanks to the strong cast of character actors like Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, and Lane Smith, it's pretty funny--even old-hat jokes about Brooklyn versus Southern accents come to life. Pesci has played a few too many schticky characters, but this time it works. There's just enough humanity in his caricature to make Vinny likable and entertaining. When the movie was... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Jonathan Lynn DVD Release Date: Released the 25 July 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This is my FAVORITE movie. You will find yourself laughing out loud. Ed O'Neill is great in this film. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ed O'Neill - Ethan Embry Director(s): Peter Faiman DVD Release Date: Released the 22 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Gone Fishin' has been called "the Ishtar of the '90s," but that's giving it too much credit. Danny Glover and Joe Pesci (who could have used their Lethal Weapon series buddy Mel Gibson in here) star as slow-witted friends who take their dream fishing vacation in the Florida Everglades and end up having a series of disasters. Trouble is, director Christopher Cain can't get a handle on any of the comedy essentials for a project such as this. The result is a badly timed, badly toned, unfunny movie wasting a lot of great talent across the board. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Joe Pesci - Danny Glover Director(s): Christopher Cain DVD Release Date: Released the 04 March 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I'm an avid movie maniac. I have certain films that I can only watch at certain times of the year, and do, every year. Other Peoples Money, starts off my fall movie viewing, after Halloween of course. I love the new England Autumn charm of this film. The story is good, dialogue clever and the chemistry between Miller and DeVito is scary. An unlikely romanic couple if ever there was. A Classic in my book! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Danny DeVito - Gregory Peck - Penelope Ann Miller Director(s): Norman Jewison DVD Release Date: Released the 15 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This is one of those movies I saw a million times on HBO as a kid. My mother and I would laugh like hyenas. Anytime we'd heard a crying baby, we'd say "Somebody, anybody, please shut that little b*stard up!". Even though this film did not do well at the box office, I thought it was much better than "Back To School". Regarding the reviewers comments about that missing scene . . . I thought I had dreamed that up. I regret getting rid of my old VHS copy! Anyway, a LOT of great laughs in this one. THANK YOU, RODNEY! WE LOVE YOU! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Rodney Dangerfield - Joe Pesci Director(s): James Signorelli DVD Release Date: Released the 05 July 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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