Directed by:
Herbert RossScreenplay:
Nora EphronCinematography:
John BaileyComposer:
Ira NewbornCast:
Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Melanie Mayron, Bill Irwin, Carol Kane, William Hickey, Deborah Rush, Daniel Stern, Jesse Bradford, Robert Miranda (more)VOD (2)
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Flamboyant mobster Vinnie (Steve Martin) is relocated by the Witness Protection Program from New York City to suburban California until it is time for him to testify against his former associates. But he quickly bores of life in middle-class America and starts up his own little racket. These shenanigans cause Vinnie to run afoul of the local authorities, which makes life difficult for the straitlaced FBI agent (Rick Moranis) assigned to protect him. Soon the agent is struggling to keep Vinnie out of the clutches of a tough-as-nails assistant D.A. (Joan Cusack) who wants to see him behind bars. (official distributor synopsis)
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Even as a young man, Steve Martin was able to steal the entire film purely for himself, to entertain the people around him with his humor. For example, I was fascinated by the first scene, where I looked at him as a gangster who laboriously marks meat discounts so that he could buy it cheaply. It made sense to me, and I quite liked it. Subsequently, the film’s funniness dropped in certain sequences only to raise the game later. So I give it a solid average.
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